Pranayama - Breathe in Health and Happiness
Iqbal Kaur
Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 2017 DOI: 10.5958/2249-7315.2017.00358.6 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Yoga Pranayama |
| Topics | Breathwork |
| Key points | Argues that yoga and pranayama are effective for enhancing wellbeing and managing disease, claiming they reduce stress and anxiety and improve autonomic function by activating neurohormonal systems and suppressing sympathetic activity, with some reports of benefit for cancer patients' physical strength. Frames yoga's global acceptance as a sign of India's growing cultural influence. |
Abstract
A large number of years prior yoga started in India, and in present day and age, a disturbing mindfulness was seen in wellbeing and normal cures among individuals by yoga and pranayama which has been demonstrated a successful strategy for enhancing wellbeing notwithstanding anticipation and administration of maladies. With expanding logical research in yoga, its restorative perspectives are likewise being investigated. Yoga is accounted for to lessen stress and tension, enhances autonomic capacities by activating neurohormonal systems by the concealment of thoughtful movement, and even, now-a-days, a few reports proposed yoga is gainful for physical strength of malignancy patients. Such worldwide acknowledgment of yoga likewise vouches for India's developing social impact.