The present study aimed to analyze the extent to which yoga practitioners (n = 784) live by their faith/spirituality and how this influences their perceived prosocial behaviors. For that purpose, the model of transformational spirituality was applied. This model assumes that people who experience the sacred in their lives change their attitudes and behaviors and take responsibility in the...
Integrating contemplative practices such as meditation and yoga may offer a comprehensive approach for the rise in mental health issues. We aimed to develop and validate a Heartfulness Meditation and Yoga protocol for individuals with low to moderate anxiety. In Phase 1, we developed the protocol from extensive literature survey using classical yoga texts and scientific studies. Phase 2...
In the article proved that physical culture and health systems of deep relaxation have their own characteristics. The most important of them are: attention to breathing (emphasis is on breathing control, breathing is used to achieve deep relaxation and reduce stress levels); meditative aspect (the practice of deep relaxation is often combined with meditation techniques, which allows to reduce...
Conscious emotions drive all we do, except for automatic tasks like breathing. Specifically, they enable the operation of incentives-like hunger for eating-that motivate us to perform tasks that are vital to our lives. Indeed, we act because we want to act, and desire is an emotion. Next, we want to act because we expect the action to lead to some positive emotion such as pleasure, enjoyment,...
Research shows that a highly stressed brain does not absorb or remember information, causing learning to essentially shut down. Today’s students are more stressed and anxious than ever, and classrooms have become tense places. Educators require knowledge and skills to facilitate and teach students stress-management techniques and find creative ways to embed them in the classroom culture and...
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured mind-body intervention in reducing perceived stress and enhancing body awareness among adults. Methods and Materials: The study used a randomized controlled trial design with 30 adult participants from Pakistan, randomly assigned to either an intervention group (n = 15) or a control group (n = 15). The intervention group...
Speech, singing, and vocal communication are fuelled by breath. Anxiety can impact breath and voice negatively, resulting in physiological constrictions that are bi-directionally related to psychological and emotional spheres. There is little theoretical and practical examination of anxiety-specific populations or the mechanistic role of respiration within singing for mental health (SFMH)...
Inner speech is commonly understood as the conscious experience of a voice within the mind. One recurrent theme in the scientific literature is that the phenomenon involves a representation of overt speech, for example, a representation of phonetic properties that result from a copy of speech instructions that were ultimately suppressed. I propose a larger picture that involves some embodied...
Cureus2024Vishwa Sree Yadla, Patil Nj, Prabhakar Kamarthy et al.5 citations
Individuals wrestling with panic disorder (PD) know all too well its debilitating impact. Sudden, intense fear episodes disrupt lives and erode well-being. Fortunately, integrating complementary therapies like yoga with standard treatment offers a glimmer of hope for improved outcomes. Yoga's unique blend of physical postures (asanas), breathing exercises (pranayama), and meditative practices...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) impacts the physiological and psycho-emotional aspects of life. COPD-related secondary sequelae also synergistically interact with each other. For example, dyspnea affects the severity of breath, body functions, and the mind (e.g., anxiety, panic, fear). Such negative psycho-emotional states can further negatively impact the breath and the body...