International Journal of Yoga
2017
Vasant Venkatraman Shastri, Alex Hankey, Bhawna Sharma et al.
Competitive examinations, particularly in mathematics, have made emotional stress a major problem for preuniversity students, emotions like aggression toward fellow students and teachers increase. Mindfulness is a quality that reduces both emotional stress and aggression, so increasing mindfulness should be helpful. To study the effects of Yoga Pranayama (YP) and Vedic Mathematics (VM) on...
Perspectives in Nursing Science
2017
Seung Wan Kang
2 citations
Purpose: Breathing can be controlled either unconsciously or consciously. In Asian countries, various conscious breathing-control techniques have been practiced for many years to promote health and wellbeing. However, the exact mechanism underlying these techniques has not yet been established. The purpose of this study is to explore the physiological mechanism explaining how conscious...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
November 13, 2015
Tanja Miller, Laila Nielsen
19 citations
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether Holotropic Breathwork™ (HB; Grof Transpersonal Training, Mill Valley, CA) has any significance in the development of self-awareness. DESIGN: A quasi-experiment design and multiple case studies. A single case design was replicated. The statistical design was a related within-subject and repeated-measures design (pre-during-post design). SETTING/LOCATION: The...
May 11, 2015
Stanislav Grof, Kylea Taylor
1 citation
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Body Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy
November 1, 2013
Himmat Kaur Victoria, Christine Caldwell
11 citations
AbstractThe use of conscious breathing practices for the purpose of physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual healing has a long and extremely varied history, yet little work has been done to bring these practices into a coherent and unified form that contributes to the field of body psychotherapy (BP). This article focuses on translating theoretical themes developed in a previous...
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
June 1, 2012
Lloyd Lalande, Matthew Bambling, Robert A. King et al.
Breathwork is an increasingly popular experiential approach to psychotherapy based on the use of a specific breathing technique, however, claims of positive mental health outcomes rely on anecdotal clinical evidence. To ascertain the likely efficacy of breathwork this review clarifies the approach and its theoretical assumptions and examines relevant empirical research relating to breathing...
Disability and Rehabilitation
May 24, 2012
Ragupathy Sendhilkumar, Anupam Gupta, Raghuram Nagarathna et al.
39 citations
Objective: To study the add-on effects of pranayama and meditation in rehabilitation of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Patients and Method: This randomized control pilot study was conducted in neurological rehabilitation unit of university tertiary research hospital. Twenty-two GBS patients, who consented for the study and satisfied selection criteria, were randomly assigned to...
Body Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy
May 18, 2011
Christine Caldwell, Himmat Kaur Victoria
23 citations
The use of conscious breathing practices for the purpose of physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual healing has a long and extremely varied history, yet little work has been done to see if these practices can be brought into a coherent and unified form that contributes to the field of body psychotherapy. This article attempts to meta-analyse the literature and research on breathwork...
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology
2011
Tapan Kumar Gandhi, Ankit Kapoor, Chhaya Kharya et al.
8 citations
Pranayama practices are being used since ancient times as a holistic approach by saints and yogis to improve and control the subtle phenomenon of the brain and hence to bring mind and body in synchrony using breath as a link. This work is an attempt to understand this subtle phenomenon of the brain and the process of attaining higher state of cognition followed by consciousness. From the...
Heart Views
2011
RoopaB Ankad, Anita Herur, Shailaja Patil et al.
109 citations
CONTEXT: Asana, pranayama, and meditation are three main techniques of yoga practiced in India over thousands of years to attain functional harmony between the body and mind. Recent studies on long-term yogic practices have shown improvements in cardiovascular functions. AIM: The present study was conducted to ascertain if a short-term practice of pranayama and meditation had improvements in...