The Health and Disease Effects of Yogic Practices or Transcendental Meditation
International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management February 1, 2022 DOI: 10.55524/ijirem.2022.9.1.97 (opens in new tab) via Semantic Scholar
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractYoga, an ancient Indian practice involving mental shift, dietary change, and procedures such as asanas, breathing techniques, and meditation, has seen a spike in research over the last decade, though few studies examine health benefits of yogic practices or transcendental meditations. A Medline review of relevant English-language publications on physiological assessment found that the effects of transcendental meditation and yogic practices are distinct. Data revealed considerable health benefits, including improved cognition, cardiovascular risk, respiration, blood pressure, BMI, and diabetes, as well as boosted immunity and reduced joint pain.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Medicine |
| Key finding | Yogic practices and transcendental meditations provide considerable health benefits, including improved cognition, cardiovascular risk, respiration, blood pressure, BMI, diabetes, immunity, and reduced joint pain. |
Abstract
Yoga is an ancient Indian way of life that entails a mental shift, a change in food, and the use of particular procedures including such yoga asanas, breathing techniques, and meditation in order to achieve the greatest degree of awareness. There has been a spike in yoga research over the last decade, but we can only identify a few studies on the health benefits of yogic practices or transcendental meditations. Aside from illness, With this in mind, a Medline assessment of relevant publications on physiological assessment in the English literature was undertaken. The effects of TM and yogic practices are distinct. Data was obtained, concerns were investigated, and considerable health benefits were revealed. Just a few of the advantages include improved cognition, cardiovascular risk, respiration, blood pressure, BMI, or diabetes. Yoga also had an effect. Immunity was boosted, and joint pain was reduced.