BACKGROUND: Psychosocial well-being is increasingly recognized as a crucial aspect of overall health, with stress, anxiety, and emotional dysregulation affecting individuals across various demographics. Meditation has been widely studied for its potential to enhance mental well-being. This study developed and validated the Nadamay meditation technique, a structured practice based on ancient...
Meditation is known to modulate neural activity and enhance cognitive and emotional well-being. While previous studies have largely reported increases in alpha and theta activity, the neurophysiological effects of structured sound-based meditation practices remain underexplored. This study investigated the neurophysiological and subjective effects of rhythmic sound meditation (RSM) compared to...
Background: Addiction is a multifaceted disorder involving compulsive substance use, impaired self-regulation, and continued use despite adverse consequences. Neurobiological alterations in key brain regions, including the Prefrontal Cortex (PFC), amygdala, hippocampus, and mesolimbic reward system, underlie addiction pathophysiology. These changes disrupt reward processing, cognitive control,...
There is a growing body of research on the psychological implications of mental states on biological functioning, which is creating a demand for novel techniques for creating mental states that are strong enough and persistent enough to have a substantial impact on physical health. One such avenue for researching mindbody relationships is the variety of meditation practices. This review aims...
Competitive examinations, particularly in mathematics, have made emotional stress a major problem for preuniversity students, emotions like aggression toward fellow students and teachers increase. Mindfulness is a quality that reduces both emotional stress and aggression, so increasing mindfulness should be helpful. To study the effects of Yoga Pranayama (YP) and Vedic Mathematics (VM) on...
Day time activities are known to influence the sleep on the following night. Cyclic meditation (CM) has recurring cycles. Previously, the low frequency (LF) power and the ratio between low frequency and high frequency (LF/HF ratio) of the heart rate variability (HRV) decreased during and after CM but not after a comparable period of supine rest (SR). In the present study, on thirty male...