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Balaram Pradhan

4 papers in the library · 6 citations · publishing 2019-2025

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Corrigendum: Effect of cyclic meditation on anxiety and sleep quality in sailors on merchant ships-A quasi-experimental study.

Frontiers in Public Health 2025 Sukesh Paranthatta, Titty George, H M Vinaya et al. correction

Incorrect Funding In the published article, there was an error in the Funding statement. We mentioned that there was “no financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The correct Funding statement appears below.FUNDINGThe current study was supported by the Institutional Seed Money Grant by Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA),...

Effect of cyclic meditation on anxiety and sleep quality in sailors on merchant ships-A quasi-experimental study.

Frontiers in Public Health 2024 Sukesh Paranthatta, Titty George, H M Vinaya et al. 3 citations

Sailors undergo anxiety and sleep disturbances due to prolonged journeys and the nature of their work on ships. Earlier studies indicate Cyclic Meditation (CM) being beneficial for managing anxiety and improving sleep quality. Thus, the current study was designed to investigate the effect of CM on anxiety and sleep quality among sailors. Fifty sailors were assigned to experimental (n = 25) and...

Positive Psychological Changes at High Altitude Shown by the Low Landers after the Yoga Intervention-Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY).

Annals of Neurosciences 2023 Sheetal J Gupta, Balaram Pradhan, Disha Bhanushali et al. 3 citations

Immediate assent to high altitude affects the cognitive performance and mood of an individual, which is followed by depression and anxiety. It also affects the sleep quality, general health, and happiness quotient of an individual. Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is a cyclical breathing technique, which has been proven successful in managing stress, depression, anxiety, and helps in the improvement...

Association between Cyclic Meditation and Creative Cognition: Optimizing Connectivity between the Frontal and Parietal Lobes.

International Journal of Yoga 2019 Reshma Madhukar Shetkar, Alex Hankey, H R Nagendra et al.

Important stages of creativity include preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification. Earlier studies have reported that some techniques of meditation promote creativity but have not specified which stage is enhanced. Here, we report the influence of cyclic meditation (CM) on creative cognition measured by a divergent thinking task. Our aim was to determine the degree of association...