F. SVYASA Dissertations
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Yoga Dissertations by Yoga Students at SVYASA. These pages present some efforts of SVYASA at Scientific Validation of Yoga, combining the best of the East with the best of the West
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Item Part I immediate effect of MSRT on attention, concentration and visual memory in diabetes mellitus part II techniques or medicines to improve cognitive function(S Vyasa, 2015-01-12) Mohanty, Subarna SurajitaBackground: Many Complementary and alternative therapies (CAM) have been found to be beneficial in improving the attention, concentration, memory in diabetes. More particularly meditation plays a key role in doing so. Aim: The present study is aimed at assessing the effect of Mind Sound Resonance Technique (MSRT) on diabetes patient. Settings and Design: The participants were from Arogyadhama (Yoga hospital) VYASA, Bangalore, and India. The present study was a simple controlled design between the groups. Material and Methods: All subjects were assessed using Digit Letter Substitution Test (DLST) and Six Letter Cancellation Test (SLCT) before and after the practice of MSRT. Also ‘Supine rest’ was studied as an intervention to see it’s effect on the above mentioned variables. Results: It was observed that percentage change was more following MSRT in both Total Attempted (TA) and Net Attempted (NA) scores of DLST viz., 29% & 30% compared to Supine rest viz., 22.1% and 22.8%. No significant change in the score of SLCT was observed following MSRT compared to SLCT. Conclusions: Based on the above mentioned result, it can be concluded there was better attention and cognitive flexibility following the practice of MSRT.Item “Integrated approach of yoga therapy (IAYT)” for neurology and oncology, asthma and hypertension, anxiety and depression, arthritis, back pain, diabetes mellitus, gastro- intestinal disorders and obesity and PPH(S Vyasa, 2015-01-12) Kanwar, Sonal“Behind every sick man, there is a spiritual man. Behind a diabetic, there is a yogi. Behind a man suffering from depression, there is an aspirant. When a patient comes for help one should teach him yoga and make him better. Of course his sickness should be treated, but one should not stop there. One should take that person further into the spiritual domain of life” By Swami Satyananda Saraswati. The study to 16 cases of 16 aliments is presented in this dissertation, which ultimately proved IAYT is an effective way to handle vast range of illness and health conditions, through management, cure & prevention. In many cases signs and symptoms of illness were reduce & their drugs/ medication which they have been taking for years started weaning. Some got a handle of on their lives through corrective measures of dealing with life by following yogic life style... Others benefitted by the calm and serene environment, which contributed to overall healing. This dissertation is divided into 2 main parts: Part I: It includes introduction, concepts of yoga and its Integrated Approach to Yoga therapy (IAYT) Part II: It includes brief description of 16 diseases undertaken during on job training at Arogyadhama along with case studies with their respective causes, signs & symptoms & general line of treatment, ending it’s with a conclusion.Item Effect of 10 Days of Yoga Intervention on Cognitive Dysfunction on Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients(S-VYASA, 2014-07-13) Ganguly, MollikaBackground - Yoga and other modalities of adjunct therapies viz., Tai chi & Qi Gong have been found to be useful in improving the cognitive abilities in both healthy volunteers as well as diseased conditions Aim and Objectives - The present study was aimed at assessing the cognitive function tests in Type II Diabetes Mellitus subjects Material and Methods - A sample size of 56 subjects (n=56) were assessed before and after a 10 days yoga intervention. The variables viz., Stroop Test (ST), Whislers Memory Scale (WMS), Six Letter Cancellation Test (LCT) and Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) were recorded in all subjects as per the prescribed design. Result- It was observed that the digit forward scores (p<0.05) of WMS was higher and colour and word colour (p<0.05) scores of ST was also found to be higher following a 10 days of yoga intervention. No significant changes were noticed in other variables following the yoga intervention. Conclusion- It was demonstrated that there was improvement in digit forward, colour and word-colour scores suggestive of better enhancement of working memory and executive functions in Type II Diabetes Mellitus patients.