EFFECTS OF SUDARSHAN KRIYA ON STRESS REDUCTION IN GENERAL POPULATION
Rajeshree Tukaram Patil, Rajendra Tukaram Patil, Suresh Narayanrao Ughade, Manjusha Sureshchandra Hatwar
Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences July 16, 2018 DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2018/740 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Intervention | Sudarshan Kriya |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | The text describes stress as a widespread condition affecting 10 to 20% of the population yearly and lists common stress-related presentations such as asthma, headache, IBS, anxiety, and ulcers. It notes that Sudarshan Kriya claims broad effects on the body and is said to stimulate a vagal response that counterbalances stress, but no empirical results are presented. |
Abstract
BACKGROUNDStress, depression and anxiety have a yearly prevalence of 10 to 20% in the general population.All factors that cause one's conditions to diverge too far from the normal homeostasis lead to stress.Our attempts to restore the condition back to homeostasis also leads to stress.Stress affects quality of life by affecting the factors like level of unhappiness, focus, sleep disturbances, anger, frustration etc., because while responding to stress the sympathetic nervous system becomes active.Asthma, headache, IBS, anxiety and ulcers are the commonest presentations in stressful people.Various methods are studied in literature to relieve stress like exercise, walking, pranayam, meditation, gym, music and games.Sudarshan Kriya (SK) claims to have wide and varied effects on human body in different aspects.SK stimulates vagal response and counterbalances the effects of stress.