Background: The contemporary secularization of Yoga, understood as the excision of its metaphysical foundations to render the tradition acceptable to Western empirical materialism, has produced a conceptual lacuna in the study of psychological development. Reductionist frameworks dismiss Karma and Rebirth (saṃsāra) as culturally contingent myths; yet such dismissal risks a category error,...
Background: Meditation that has been a practice for millennia in the present era has gained immense popularity as a stress-coping tool and overall health management and improvement method. Research significantly supports meditation efficacy, revealing beneficial brain and biological changes, leading to improved mental and physical well-being.[1] Methods: Based on an extensive review of...