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    SHORT TERM EFFECT OF CYCLIC MEDITATION IN REDUCING STRESS, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION IN ORPHANAGE CHILDREN
    (S-VYASA, 2025-08-19) Muppidi Ravali; Deepsika Srivastava
    BACKGROUND An orphan is a child under 18 years of age who has lost one or both parents to any cause of death. Orphans are classified into three categories: paternal orphans (children who have lost their fathers), maternal orphans (children who have lost their mothers), and double orphans (children who have lost both parents). according to statistics by UNICEF, there were 140 million orphans globally by the year 2015.(Unicef Report - Understanding Orphans, n.d.) The loss of one or both parents, coupled with the absence of a caregiver, often places these children in institutional care environments. This significant change can cause immense stress and negatively affect their psychological well-being. Studies have observed that orphans and other vulnerable children living in institutional homes or orphanages are more prone to psychological, behavioural, and emotional problems compared to children raised in a family environment, as they are deprived of familial love, care, and support(Kaur et al., 2018) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study was aimed at observing whether the practice of cyclic meditation can bring significant change in stress, anxiety, and depression scores in orphan children who are under institutional care. evaluate the short-term effects of Cyclic Meditation (CM) on managing stress, anxiety, and depression among orphans. equip orphans with CM as a tool to manage stress and prevent psychological disorders in the future METHODS An orphanage located in Hyderabad, Telangana region was selected for the study, in which 34 children between the age group of 8 to 16 all-female children who were willing to participate in the study were recruited and intervention of cyclic meditation practice was given for 35 minutes every day for 5 days a week for 2 weeks and data was collected before and after the intervention period using DASS-21 questionnaire. vi RESULTS Statistical analysis revealed a significant reduction in stress, anxiety, and depression scores with p < 0.001, along with a significant increase in the duration of Bhramari time post intervention. CONCLUSION From the findings of the study we can infer that regular practice of cyclic meditation can have significant positive impact in reducing stress, depression and anxiety and increased Bhramari time, and can serve as an effective, low-cost, and non-invasive method to enhance psychological well-being in vulnerable populations like orphans, and the study highlights the potential of yoga based interventions to be integrated into child care programs. KEY WORDS Orphans, Cyclic meditation, Stress, anxiety, Depression
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    EFFECT OF CYCLIC MEDITATION ON STRESS LEVELS, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION IN HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS
    (S-VYASA, 2025-08-19) Tanisha Gupta; Rajesh Nair
    BACKGROUND In the current educational landscape, higher secondary students often grapple with immense academic pressures, peer expectations, and future uncertainties. These stressors have led to an alarming rise in psychological concerns such as stress, anxiety, and depression among adolescents, often compromising their academic performance and overall well-being. Addressing these issues through holistic and accessible practices has become increasingly necessary. One such intervention is Cyclic Meditation (CM), a structured yogic technique that blends physical postures with deep relaxation to regulate mental and emotional health. Though previous research has demonstrated CM’s benefits in adult populations, its application and effectiveness among school-going adolescents remain underexplored. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study aims to assess the effect of cyclic meditation on the stress, anxiety, and depression of higher secondary students. METHODS Participants and design A total of 62 school Students from VPS High School in Lonavala, Maharashtra, aged 15-18 years. This study will follow a single-group pre-post design. Assessments: Stress: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) Anxiety: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21(DASS-21 Depression: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21(DASS-21 Sleep Quality: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) vi Intervention: Intervention (Cyclic Meditation practice) will be of the duration of 40 minutes and 5 days/week, for one month. CM consists of various steps like IRT (1Min), Centering, Ardhakati chakrasana, QRT (3Min), Vajrasana, Shashankasana, Ustrasana, DRT (14 Min) Results: Statistical analysis revealed significant improvements in three of the four targeted domains: Perceived stress levels decreased substantially (p < .001, Cohen’s d = 1.60), Depression scores showed a significant reduction (p < .001, d = 1.01), Anxiety levels dropped significantly (p < .001, d = 1.00), Sleep quality improved markedly (p < .001, d = 0.74). However, the DASS-21 stress subscale did not show statistically significant improvement (p = 0.108), possibly due to the instrument's sensitivity or the intervention duration. Conclusions: The findings suggest that Cyclic Meditation is an effective intervention for reducing perceived stress, anxiety, and depression, while simultaneously enhancing sleep quality among higher secondary students. Given its accessibility and holistic nature, CM can be feasibly integrated into school wellness programs. Future studies with control groups, longer follow-up periods, and diverse populations are recommended to further validate and expand upon these promising outcomes. Keywords: Cyclic Meditation, Yoga, School students, Stress, Sleep quality, Anxiety, Depression
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    Effect of online one month of IDY yoga practices on state trait anxiety, emotions, sleep quality and respiratory parameters among male population. (A pre-post two group study)
    (S-VYASA, 2022-11-02) Omkar Shivling Gadge; G. Padmasri
    Background In today's world, yoga is defined as a type of mind-body integrated wellness strategy that combines physical exercise with an internally focused conscious emphasis on awareness of the self, breath, and energy. YOGA, an ancient Indian practice, is today viewed as a comprehensive approach to health in the Western world, and is designated as a kind of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) by the National Institutes of Health (Catherine, 2011). Yoga is a methodical method for enhancing a man's whole development. Man learns to dwell in higher levels of awareness as a result of this development (Naragatti, 2020). On June 21, 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India declared the inaugural International Day of Yoga. The event set two Guinness World Records: one for the largest number of persons participating in a single yoga session at a single location and the other for the most countries represented in a yoga class. The event was acknowledged and commemorated in more than 170 nations, including the United States of America, China, and Canada (Ministry of Ayush, n.d.2015). Aim To study the effect of IDY Yoga practices on state trait anxiety, emotions, sleep quality and respiratory parameters among general male population (aged between 20-60 years) Method 60 subjects were selected. Age: Above 20 yrs. and up to 60 Yrs. Gender: Male, SAMPLE SIZE n= 30 (control group) + 30 (experimental group) = 60 Result In the within group assessment, since the data was found to be not normally distributes in the baseline Wilcoxon signed rank test was conducted the Bhramri duration (p=<0.001), Respiratory rate (p=<0.001), PANAS +VE (p=<0.001), PANAS –VE (p=<0.001) AND PSQI scale (p=0.029) shown significant changes with post mean And SD as given above. Only in STAI score we did not find any significant change (p=0.596). CONCLUSION This study suggested that practicing online one month of IDY protocol practices has significant improvement on Bhramri time duration, Respiratory Rate and Sleep quality. However further studies are required to understand the mechanism underline the changes. IX Key Word IDY protocol practices, Sleep, Anxiety, Emotion, Respiratory parameters
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    Pilot testing and development of dharaniya vega scale as a screening tool to observe the suppression of non-yoga practitioners
    (SVYASA, 2022-04-13) Rohit; Rajesh S. K.; Judu Ilavarasu
    Background: Dhäraniya vega Questionnaire is a cost-effective screening tool to detect the suppression of emotions among a group of people. Further the data can be used to interpret therisk of psychosomatic disorders in future. Aim: The aim of this study is to use Dhäraniya vega questionnaire as a screening tool to observe the level of suppression of emotional urges that people do on the daily basis which can further lead to different psychosomatic disorders. Methodology: The study employed tool development method through which a questionnaire with 11 abstracts was developed. There was no specific inclusion or exclusion criteria. Thequestionnaire was circulated in Google form with the help of different means of social media. Data were collected through Google Excel sheet which was further analyzed and interpreted.Quantitative as well as qualitative methods were used. As it was a survey design there was no particular intervention. Result: Level of suppression is more in students and working people. Also, the current pandemic scenario has played an important role in increasing the emotional suppression among the people. Äyurveda explains different methods for controlling the emotions but instead people suppress the emotions which makes them prone to different psychosomatic disorders in future. Preliminary psychometric validation was also attempted using exploratory factor analysis Conclusion: The study was focused on mainly non yoga practitioner. This construct which was selected was anxiety so in this study it was measured the level of anxiety in Non yoga practitioners. One of the Another group person / group member did the same study on yoga practitioner and did on Non yoga practitioner and did on Non yoga practitioner So, the suppression of anxiety in Non yoga Practitioner was the complete on the base of study Keywords: Dhäraniya vegä, Anxiety
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    TO ASSESS THE MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS IN YOUNG ADOLESCENTS
    (SVYASA, 2018-09-11) RACHNA V KHARBANDA; Kashinath Metri; Satyaprakash Purohit
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    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
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    STATE ANXIETY, MINDFULNESS AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY DYNAMICS IN HEALTHY ADULTS
    (S-VYASA, 2016-12) KURIAN, JINTU
    Background India is currently facing disorders in lifestyle, and resulting physical, mental, and social disharmony such anxiety, stress, worries, lack of awareness, variations in the heart rate. The epidemiological studies shows a hike from communicable diseases to non-communicable diseases indicating that the adults are more prone for anxiety related, mindfulness related and heart rate related issues. Introduction Mindfulness has been conceptualized as the process of bringing attention and awareness to objects within the experience of the present moment with a non-judgmental and non-evaluative acceptance and openness. State anxiety (SA) can be conceptualized as “a state in which an individual is unable to instigate a clear pattern of behavior to remove or alter the event/object/interpretation that is threatening an existing goal. Heart rate variability (HRV) refers to beat to beat alterations in the heart rate and is associated with cardiac autonomic regulation. Correlational study design was used. Eighty three subjects were assessed using state anxiety and mindfulness questionnaire and heart rate variability measurement. There was no intervention, since our objective was to understand correlation between mindfulness, state anxiety and heart rate variability. Result: SMAAS, STAI and HRV were assessed to understand the correlation between these three variables. Results showed significant high negative correlation between SMAAS and STAI. STAI and LF of HRV is positively correlated whereas SMAAS and LF is negatively correlated. There was a significant moderate negative correlation between STAI and HF, whereas SMAAS is positively correlated with HF. And also, there was a significant moderate positive correlation between STAI and LF/HF ratio and negative correlation between SMAAS and LF/HF ratio. Conclusion: There was a significant moderate negative correlation between STAI and, whereas SMAAS is positively correlated with HF. And also, there was a significant moderate positive correlation between STAI and LF/HF ratio and negative correlation between SMAAS and LF/HF ratio.
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    State anxiety, mindfulness and heart rate variability dynamics in healthy adults
    (S-Vyasa, 2017-01-16) Kurian, Jintu
    Background India is currently facing disorders in lifestyle, and resulting physical, mental, and social disharmony such anxiety, stress, worries, lack of awareness, variations in the heart rate. The epidemiological studies shows a hike from communicable diseases to non-communicable diseases indicating that the adults are more prone for anxiety related, mindfulness related and heart rate related issues. Introduction Mindfulness has been conceptualized as the process of bringing attention and awareness to objects within the experience of the present moment with a non-judgmental and non-evaluative acceptance and openness. State anxiety (SA) can be conceptualized as “a state in which an individual is unable to instigate a clear pattern of behavior to remove or alter the event/object/interpretation that is threatening an existing goal. Heart rate variability (HRV) refers to beat to beat alterations in the heart rate and is associated with cardiac autonomic regulation. Correlational study design was used. Eighty three subjects were assessed using state anxiety and mindfulness questionnaire and heart rate variability measurement. There was no intervention, since our objective was to understand correlation between mindfulness, state anxiety and heart rate variability. Result: SMAAS, STAI and HRV were assessed to understand the correlation between these three variables. Results showed significant high negative correlation between SMAAS and STAI. STAI and LF of HRV is positively correlated whereas SMAAS and LF is negatively correlated. There was a significant moderate negative correlation between STAI and HF, whereas SMAAS is positively correlated with HF. And also, there was a significant moderate positive correlation between STAI and LF/HF ratio and negative correlation between SMAAS and LF/HF ratio. Conclusion: There was a significant moderate negative correlation between STAI and, whereas SMAAS is positively correlated with HF. And also, there was a significant moderate positive correlation between STAI and LF/HF ratio and negative correlation between SMAAS and LF/HF ratio.
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