An Experimental Design and Data Collection of EEG during Kriya Yoga-An Ancient Indic Meditation Technique

Abstract

The prime objective of the study is to investigate the effect (effects in the sense of an increase in psychological well-being and decrease in stress & mood disturbances) of specific relaxation technique popularly named as Kriya Yoga (KY) meditation on long-term and short-term practitioners. For comparison, the EEG data for non-meditators or control group has also been recorded. To the best of our knowledge, no such standard EEG datasets are available elsewhere on Kriya practitioners. In this study, two experimental datasets created by us, have been described. The experiments have been carried out at two places, i.e., Hariharananda Gurukulam, Balighai, Puri, Odisha and Hariharananda Balashram, Arua, Kendrapara, India. The detailed protocol and experimental methodology are described. This paper briefly introduces two EEG databases acquired during short Kriya Yoga meditation.