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ADD-ON EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT YOGA MAT MATERIALS ON THE AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS OUTCOMES OF YOGA PRACTICES
(SVYASA, 2019-09-24) Sridhar R; B. Ragavendrasamy; Rajesh S.K
Background In order to practice yoga sadhana, a yoga mat is often recommended to provide some level the characteristics such as grip, balance and comfort (the mat must allow the user to practice without feeling the ground). And often biomechanical investigations are conducted to assess grip, balance and comfort. However, yoga mats have never researched upon from the perspective of its add-on effects. Aim The aim is to study the influence of various yoga mats made of Cotton, Rubber and Kuça grass on the outcomes of yoga practice. Materials and Methods Sixteen self-declared healthy male volunteers, with six or more months of practice to undergo two experimental states i.e., nadi-shudhi pranayama and breath awareness on three different yoga mat types: Rubber, Kuça and Cotton on consecutive six days. The autonomic variables were assessed in the six sessions. Frequency domain and time domain analysis of HRV data was carried out. Results and Discussion The results indicate that, Kuça grass mat appear to offer better change across the HRV spectrum. Autonomic nervous system is more stable when one uses Kuça mat compared to cotton and rubber mat. The results indicate a significant increase in LF-HF ratio during and immediately after performing the pranayama while seated on cotton and rubber mat. Interestingly, no significant changes were noted in the Kuça grass mat. Conclusion There is definitely a positive change in the HRV spectrum after performing pranayama while seated on Kuça grass mat compared to rubber & cotton mat. Keywords yoga mat, cotton, Kuça, pranayama, alternate nostril breathing, nadi-shuddhi pranayama, HRV, eco-friendly.
Add-on effects of different yoga mat materials on the subtle energy outcomes of yoga practices
(SVYASA, 2020-11-17) Srihari Maiti; B. Ragavendrasamy; Rajesh S. K.
Analysis of female category and item reduction of prepared "The vedic personality inventory" tool
(SVYASA, 2022-04-06) Niyata Sahu; Judu Ilavarasu; Rajesh S. K.
Background: VEDIC PERSONALITY TOOL Questionnaire is a cost-effective screening tool to detect different personality (Guna) of the people. Further the data can be used to interpret the Sattva, Rajas, & Tamas. Methodology: The study employed tool development method through which a questionnaire with 56 items was developed. There was inclusion or exclusion criteria were done. The questionnaire was given in the campus to all the courses except BAMS & staff of college. Data was collected through questionnaire and then transfer to the Excel sheet which was further analyzed and interpreted by software JASP. As it was a survey design there was no intervention. Result: This questionnaire study was done on total 1713 volunteer whose age range was 17 to 75years. Out of 18 items six items from each of the factor based on the higher to lower value. The overall internal consistency measured using Cronbach’s alpha was 0.73 for 18 item and three factor solution the alpha value are 0.86 (Tamas), 0.82 (Sattva), 0.73 ( Rajas). Conclusion: I have performed an analysis on female category and item reduction of Prepared Vedic inventory tool, the Cronbach’s alpha of Sattva and Rajas is more than Rajas so by seeing the value of Cronbach’s alpha we can say that the quality of Sattva and Tamas is more in all participants and Rajas is less as compare to other two gunas, we also matched the question of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas from the Vedic inventory tool we come to conclusion that factor 1 is Tamas, factor 2 is Sattva and factor 3 is Rajas.
Analysis of undergraduate category & item reduction of prepared the vedic personality inventory tool
(SVYASA, 2022-04-12) Prachi Rohira; Rajesh S. K.; Judu Ilavarasu
Background: Vedic personality tool questionnaire is a cost-effective screening tool to detect different personality (Guna) of the people. Further the data can be used to interpret the sattva, rajas, & tamas. Aim: The aim of this study is to analyses of undergraduate student’s category & item reduction of Vedic personality inventory tool. Methodology: The study employed tool development method through which a questionnaire with 56 item was developed. There was inclusion or exclusion criteria was done. The questionnaire was given in the campus to all the courses except BAMS & staff of college. Data was collected through questionnaire and then transfer to the Excel sheet which was further analysed and interpreted. As it was a survey design there was no intervention. Result: This questionnaire study was done on total 1513 volunteer whose age range was 10 to 75years. the construct that I selected from questionnaire was undergraduate. Selected 18 item six question from each of the factor based on the higher to lower value. The overall internal consistency measured using Cronbach’s alpha was 0.78 for 18 item and three factor solution the alpha value is 0.779 (tamas), 0.866 (sattva), 0.692(rajas). Conclusion: I have performed an analysis on undergraduates category and item reduction of prepared Vedic inventory tool, the Cronbach’s alpha of sattva and tamas is more than rajas so by seeing the value of Cronbach’s alpha we can say that the quality of sattva and tamas is more in undergraduates and rajas is less as compare to other two gunas, we also matched the question of sattva, rajas and tamas from the Vedic inventory tool we come to conclusion that factor 1 is tamas, factor 2 is sattva and factor 3 is rajas.
An Ancient module for effective learning
(Svyasa, 2016-01-01) Vadiraja, K. S.
Each soul is a part of the ultimate divine. But divinity of each soul is covered by Maya. Maya means delusion. Maya is nothing but ignorance. Divinity is nothing but knowledge. Knowledge is covered by ignorance. Ignorance should be destroyed and ultimate knowledge should be realized. That is the real goal of each soul. That is called Moksha. Because knowledge is the real form of each being, every being tries to eradicate ignorance. Education helps in this regard. Education system differs from one region to another. In bharat, gurukula education system is adopted for gaining knowledge. Gurukula means, a big family where teachers and students live together. Students learn many things by watching and listening to teachers. And also students learn many things by doing many activities from dawn to dusk. The Vedas, vedangas, Upanishads are the part of curriculum. Westerns have school education system. It is limited time of learning process in a day. They started school education to teach three things. Viz. reading, writing and arithmetic. These are for livelihood. Gradually other subjects are added to this system and came into existence all over the world including bharata. The Taittiriyopanishad says, human body is made up of five sheaths. Those, Annamaya, Pranamaya, Manomaya, Vijnanamaya and Anandamaya. When these five sheaths are healthy, a person becomes healthy. It results in healthy society. Therefore holistic personality development is the goal of real education. This holistic personality development will be gained in the Gurukula education system. Only intellectual growth can be gained in the school education system. Personality should be, spiritually rooted, intellectually creative, emotionally pure, mentally sound, physically strong, individually vibrant, and socially productive.
Anxiety, Aggression, mindfulness and emotional intelligence of Indian sports persons : A correlational study
(SVYASA, 2020) Chinmay Kumar Singh; Satya Prakash Purohit; Rajesh S. K.
Background Sport includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organized participation, at least in part aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators. Aggression is overt or covert, often harmful, social interaction with the intention of inflicting damage or other unpleasantness upon another individual. It may occur either reactively or without provocation. Anxiety is your body's natural response to stress. It's a feeling of fear or apprehension about what's to come. Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. Emotional intelligence or EI is the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, and those of the people around you. Aim of this study to see the correlation between mindfulness and anxiety, mindfulness and aggression and emotional intelligence with aggression and anxiety. Materials and method 265 sports person with in age range from 20 to 30 years participated in the study. This sample study is conducted to know the relation among variables mindfulness, emotional intelligence, aggression and anxiety. Mindful Attention Awareness Scale questioner was used to asses mindfulness, Sports Aggression Inventory questioner was used to asses aggression, Sport Anxiety Scale questioner was used to asses anxiety and Sport Emotional Intelligence questioner was used to asses emotional intelligence. Spearmen’s correlation test was used to see the correlation among variables. Results: Result of the Spearmen correlation indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between sports anxiety and sports aggression (rs=0.193, p=0.002).Result of the Spearmen correlation indicated that there was a significant negative correlation between emotional intelligence and sports anxiety(rs= -0.152, p=0.003),between sports aggression and emotional intelligence(rs= -0.156, p=0.011). Result of the Spearmen correlation indicated that there was a significant correlation sports anxiety and mindfulness,(rs=0.441, p<0.001). Result of the Spearmen correlation indicated that there was no significant correlation between sports aggression and mindfulness,(rs=0.080, p<0.193). Conclusion: This sample study was conducted to know the correlation of sports anxiety and aggression with emotional intelligence and mindfulness. This study indicated that there was a significant negative correlation between emotional intelligence and sports anxiety, sports aggression and emotional intelligence, findings of study also revealed a significant positive correlation between sports anxiety and sports aggression, whereas there was no significant correlation between sports aggression and mindfulness. Also, positive correlation between sports anxiety and mindfulness was observed which could be due to low sample size, response bias and sportsperson without experience of mindfulness
ASSESSMENT OF INTEGRATED APPROACH OF YOGA THERAPY ON OBESITY USING ELECTRO PHOTONIC IMAGING
(SVYASA, 2018-03-14) ARAKSHITA SAHANI; Judu Ilavarasu; Guru Deo
Background and Introduction Obesity is becoming a serious global public health issue especially in developed countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), most of the diseases that today’s generation is suffering from, obesity is one of the major causes. Today among 2.1 billion people, nearly 30% of the world's populations are either obese or overweight. EPI or Electro Photonic Imaging system allows for direct, real-time viewing and analysis of changes in the energy field of human. The instrument Gas Discharge Visualization (GDV) that is based on EPI principle, measures electron emission from fingertips. Variation in images correspond to changing health status in different organ system, here we determined the characteristics of these GDV images in obesity participants. Methods Thirty-five participants with the age range from 20 to 60 years Obesity participants at Arogyadhama, in Prashanti Kuttiram of SVYASA Bangalore, Karnataka, India had participated in this study. All participants were given Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy (IAYT) practice every day for one week according to Arogyadhama Schedule. The Gas Discharge Visualization assessments were taken before and after yoga. Result There were significant reduction in the scores of Endocrine System Balance, Pancreas, and Digestive System-Balance. Other parameters like Systolic Blood Pressure, Diastolic Blood Pressure, Breath Holding Time, Weight, Body Mass Index, Mid Arm Circumference and Exercise- Avoidance motivation scale were found to be significantly changed. Also Hip circumference and Waist circumference slightly changed after the one week of IAYT intervention. Conclusion The present study suggests that one week integrated Yoga therapy can improve the overall general well-being. This study provides strong evidence for use of GDV parameters in understanding obesity. Also findings show that one week of IAYT may bring a positive change in clinical parameters in obesity. Furthermore it may help in prevention and management of obesity.
Changes in heart rate variability following one month yoga practice
(S-Vyasa, 2017-01-16) Yoganandu
Background: Yoga is a science that facilitates homeostasis, an ancient way of life intended to improve the quality of life of an individual. Practice of yoga is proposed to alter the autonomic nervous system and affect the cardiovascular functioning. Aim & Objectives: To asses the changes in heart rate variability following one month yoga practice. Materials and Methods: Thirty nine healthy male volunteers with ages ranging from 18–53 years were included for the study. They were are students of one month yoga instructor course at SVYASA Bangaloure. Heart rate variability was assessed before and after one month Yoga practice. Results: Data were checked for normality using Shapiro–Wilk test. Post values were compared with pre values using paired samples t-test and Wilcoxon signed rank test for normally distributed and not normally distributed data respectively. Shapiro–Wilk test indicated that SDNN (P = 0.0359), NN50 (P = 0.226), RMSSD (P = 0.452), LF (P=0.109), HF (P=0.0835) was normally distributed. There was a significant increase in SDNN after one month yoga practice compared to pre values (Paired samples t test, P <0.05). However, there was no significant change in Heart rate, RMSSD, NN50, LF, HF & LF / HF ratio. Conclusion: Autonomic balance tilts toward parasympathetic predominance after 1 month practice of yoga.
Changes in Heart Rate Variability Following Yogic Visual Concentration (Traoaka)
(S-VYASA, 2014-06-13) V. Rammurthy
Yoga is an ancient Indian science and way of life. Sage Patanjali (circa 900 B.C) explains the theoretical aspects yoga in 196 aphorisms called yoga sutras (Taimini, 1999). Patanjali evolved Aṣṭaanga yoga (eight limbed yoga) to reach the ultimate reality. Later around 10th Century CE Sage Svatmarama wrote a text called Haoha Yoga Pradipika which explains the method and benefit of yoga techniques. He prescribes six cleansing techniques (kriyas) viz., dauti, basti, neti, trataka, nauli and kapalabhati to purify the body. The goal of Haoha Yoga is to prepare the body and mind for the practice of Rajayoga or Aṣṭanga Yoga (Muktibodhananda, 1993). The literal meaning of the Sanskrit word traṭaka is “to gaze steadily”. Looking intently with an unwavering gaze at a small point until tears are shed is known as traṭaka (Haoha Yoga Pradipika, Ch:2.31). Haoha Yoga Pradipika mentions that, practice of traṭaka eradicates all the eye diseases, fatigue and lethargy (Haoha Yoga Pradipika, Ch: 2.32). Though traṭaka is considered as cleansing technique, the final stage of traṭaka leads to meditative mental state (Nagaratha & Nagendra, 2000). Recently, a study has been conducted to assess the immediate effect of traṭaka on critical flicker fusion (Mallick & Kulkarni, 2010). The critical flicker fusion (CFF) is defined as the frequency at which a flickering stimulus is perceived to be continuous. There was a significant increase in CFF following traṭaka suggesting changes at the cortical level in the processes that mediate fusion. Meditation and autonomic changes are researched extensively and shown shift towards vagal tone during meditation (Orme-Johnson, 1973; Telles et al., 2013; Wallace, 1970). However, there was no study evaluating autonomic changes during traṭaka which is similar to meditation. Hence, in the present study, we used heart rate variability (HRV) which is a well-known and extensively used method to evaluate autonomic modulation .
CHARACTERISING AND COMPARING EEG SIGNATURES OF PERSEVERATIVE COGNITION FOR YOGA AND NON YOGA PRACTITIONER
(SVYASA, 2019-09-24) KRUPA THAKKAR; B. Ragavendrasamy; Judu Ilavarasu; Rajesh S. K.
Comparative study of anthropometric changes in males over the age 60 after yoga
(S-VYASA, 2012-09-06) Shashikant
This work mainly discuss the effect of Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy on Asthma, Hypertension, Anxiety and depression, Arthritis, Back Pain, Diabetes, Gastro – Intestinal disorders, Obesity, and promotion of positive health. There are 14 cases in total including 7 males and 7 females who have been admitted in ärogyadhäma throughout these 3 years of my MD Course.
Comparative Study of Cultural Impact on Emotional Happiness in Chinese & Indian Adults
(SVYASA, 2018-10-13) Liu Lin; V. Sureshbabu
A comparative study of the effect of yoga and physical training on Psychological Health of Rag pickers
(SVYASA, 2019-09-27) ASTHA RAI; Balram Pradhan
A Comparative Study of The Material and Yogic Sciences in the Context of Studying Consciousness ( with the special Reference to Katha and Chandogya Upanisats )
(SVYASA, 2012-01-12) Ananda Raj Poudel
Today, consciousness has emerged as an important field of study for quantum physicists, neurophysiologists and Philosophers. Although there arc number of research done by the scientists of various branch of sciences still they have an unfailing urge in the study of consciousness which indicate that they are consciously or unconsciously not satisfied with their matter based approach to study consciousness. But Rsis (ancient Indian scientist) of the Vedic age realize.
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF YOGA AND NON-YOGA GROUP ON WILLINGNESS TO FORGIVE
(SVYASA, 2019-09-24) Sujit Narayanan Nair; Raghavendra Bhat; Rajesh S K
COMPARING THE EFFECT OF YOGA AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE ON EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
(SVYASA, 2018-10-09) SREEJA SHIKARI; Soubhagyalaxmi Mohanty
Title of the study Comparing the Effect of Yoga and Physical Exercise on Executive Function in Primary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial Background The term of Executive function refers to a set of cognitive processes, which is involved in planning, monitoring, and revising goal-directed behavior. It plays an important role in multiple areas of child development; those are social cognition, communicative behavior, and moral behavior. Executive Functions are very important for physical and mental health in childhood. Practicing yoga and physical exercise has been showed the improvement executive function in children. Aim To compare the effect of yoga and physical exercise on executive functions in primary school children Methods Forty two children’s were randomly divided into yoga (n=22) and control (n=21) group. Yoga group underwent training for 4 week, everyday, 1 hour per day whereas the Physical exercise group followed the physical exercises for the same duration. Working memory, Attention and Planning were assessed for all participants before and after. The Planning was measured by using Children’s assessment of Trail making Test (TMT), Working memory was assessed using by Digit Span Test (DST), And Attention was assessed using by Symbol Substitution Test (SST). Result The baseline was matched for the all variables TMT A, TMT B, DST, and SST. In between group no change was observed for all the variables. Within group comparison showed a significant improvement for the both groups in all the variables. In within group comparison, the yoga group showed higher percentage of improvement in DST (39.94%) and SST (17.18%) and the physical exercise group showed higher percentage of improvement in TMT-A (32.68%), TMT-B (43.60%), DST (37.67%). Conclusion The study suggests that both yoga and physical exercise may be considered an effective option to improving executive functions. Keywords Executive functions, Yoga, Physical exercise, Children.
COMPARING YOGA AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE ON MENTAL HEALTH OF ORPHAN BOYS A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
(SVYASA, 2018-10-06) ANANYA; Soubhagya laxmi Mohanty
A COMPARISON OF ATTENTION NETWORK IN YOGA PRACTITIONERS AND NON-YOGA PRACTITIONERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
(SVYASA, 2018-10-13) Harsha Bora; Deepeshwar Singh
Introduction - Lifestyle behaviors like physical activity, breathing practices play an important role in preventing cognitive declination and maintaining or helps in improving cognition functions like attention, perception, etc.. Aim & Objectives - The purpose of the study was to observe the impact of Yoga practices on Attention Network in young adults. The objective of the study was to compare the attention in yoga and non-yoga practitioners in the performance of attention network test. Method & Materials - Seventy healthy male and female young adult subjects with age range 18 to 25 years were recruited in this study, among which thirty five subjects were yoga practitioners (age mean ± SD;19.98 ± 1.48)with more than one year yoga experience. The remaining thirty-five were non-yoga practitioners (mean± SD; 19 ± 0.77). The yoga participants were recruited from a Yoga University in South India, whereas the non-yoga practitioners were selected from nearby medical college who never introduced to yoga. The demographic information of all participants were obtained and each participant performed a computerized Attention Network Test. This test was run by using Inquisit 4 software. Result - Yoga practitioners shows significant lower reaction time, correct response (p < 0.05), correct center cue (p < 0.01), correct double cue (p < 0.05), correct spatial cue (p < 0.01), correct congruent (p < 0.05), correct incongruent (p < 0.05). Conclusion –Yoga practices may facilitate attention related network, inhibition and control over the visual cues as presented in the current study. Also, the response time during the task was quicker and faster. The control group participants reported delayed performance in reaction time which suggest, control group participants took longer time in the attention network performance. Key Words – Yoga, Attention, Attention Network Test (ANT), Young adults.
A COMPARISON OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN YOGA PRACTITIONERS AND NON-YOGA PRACTITIONERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
(SVYASA, 2018-03-14) Amit Kumar Singh; Deepeshwar Singh
BACKGROUND Ancient scripture like Hatha yoga pradeepika, Patanjali yoga sutra, and many other texts explains that practice of various yogic techniques improves cognitive functions. In this study, we have compared the cognitive function and heart rate variability in yoga practitioner and non-yoga practitioner. METHOD Fourty normal healthy male subjects with age range 18-21 years were recruited in this study, among which twenty subjects were yoga practitioner (yoga group) and remaining eighteen, were a non-yoga practitioner (control group). The computerized version (super lab) of Stroop color and word test was used to assess cognitive function of the participants. Participants were asked to perform all tasks as fast as possible without doing any mistake. For any mistake, the participants were asked not to stop the practice and keep continuing. The participants were given thirty seconds for each task. Detailed instructions for each task were given to the participants before starting the test. RESULT Reaction time was significantly less in yoga practitioner compare to non-yoga practitioner in all three tasks. Accuracy was non-significant in first two tasks but in third task yoga practitioner group has significantly more accuracy than non-yoga practitioner. 9 CONCLUSION In this study, we considered long term yoga practitioners (more than 1-year experience) and control group (who never exposed to yoga), did not show the significant result in cognitive function. But the trend of all outcome measure suggests, yoga practice helps in improvement in cognitive functions.
The Concept of Ahara for the Management of Madhumeha According to yoga Ayurveda Naturopathy and Modern Medical Science: Validating Integrated Yogic Module In Type2 Diabetes Mellitus.
(2013-06-19) Pradeep Shetty
In the integrated approach of yoga therapy food, diet and nutrition plays an important role. There are many texts of yoga which deal with Ahara for promotion of good health, for building stamina, preventing and curing diseases. Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder. For the management of DM, knowledge of Ahara (Food) is essential.