Gaurav Sharma

2 papers in the library · 5 citations · publishing 2024

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Effects of an 8-week intervention of anulom vilom pranayama combined with heartfulness meditation on psychological stress, autonomic function, inflammatory biomarkers, and oxidative stress in healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled trial.

Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology July 1, 2024 Vivek Kumar Sharma, Pradip B Barde, Rajesh Kathrotia et al. 5 citations

Health care workers were exposed to huge stress during COVID-19 pandemic affecting their physical and mental health. Practice of anulom vilom pranayama and heartfulness meditation (AVPHFN) can improve mental and physical health and counter stress. The present study explored the effect of 8-week AVPHFN intervention on autonomic functions, emotional stress, oxidative stress, and inflammation...

DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp-2024-0001 Full text Covid-19; heartfulness meditation Anulom-vilom pranayama Autonomic function Health-care worker +1

GROW YOUR SCOPE™ • RESEARCH SERIES • PAPER 5 OF 5 • SERIES CAPSTONE The Simulation, the Soul, and the Four Realms: A Theoretical Bridge Between Physics, Contemplative Practice, and the Science of Life Design

Gaurav Sharma preprint

This paper proposes a theoretical bridge between three domains that have never been formally connected in the literature on human development, consciousness studies, or philosophy of mind: contemporary physics of information (Wheeler, 1990; Tegmark, 2014; Bostrom, 2003), five-thousand years of convergent contemplative evidence (as reviewed in Paper 2 of this series), and the Grow Your Scope™...

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6594961