Handbook of clinical neurology
2022
Ikuo Homma, Anthony G. Phillips
Breathing can be classified into metabolic and behavioral categories. Metabolic breathing and voluntary behavioral breathing are controlled in the brainstem and in the cerebral motor cortex, respectively. This chapter places special emphasis on the reciprocal influences between breathing and emotional processes. As is the case with neural control of breathing, emotions are generated by multiple...
Frontiers in Psychology
December 17, 2021
P. S. Swathi, Raghavendra Bhat, Apar Avinash Saoji
Background and Objective: Attention and memory are essential aspects of cognitive health. Yogasanas, pranayama, and meditation have shown to improve cognitive functions. There has been no assessment of Trataka (yogic visual concentration) on working or on spatial memory. The present study was planned to assess the immediate effects of Trataka and of eye exercise sessions on the Corsi-block...
Vestnik NSU Series History and Philology
December 7, 2021
А. А. Maslov
3 citations
The paper focuses on the Taoist concept of “dreams”, which is considered from the point of view of the meditative practice of “realized dreams” or “controlled visions”. Famous Taoist masters Chen Tuan (10th cent.), Ma Danyang (12th cent.), Bai Yuchan (12th cent.) and many others implemented techniques of “controlled dreams” as a type of meditative alchemical practice: erasing the frontier...
Journal of General Music Education
December 7, 2021
Edward Varner
The purpose of this column is to promote the use of focused breathing and singing as access points to improved student self-awareness in the general music classroom. Singing is a holistic activity with the healing potential to improve and transform many traumatic life experiences endured by our students. Similarly, mindfulness breathwork is a holistic approach used to enhance self-awareness in...
International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Communication and Technology
November 20, 2021
Kishore Mukhopadhyay
Background: Bandha and Mudras are found in ancient Indian literature to stimulate internal energy. The simplest know a few things approximately our subtle body, our soul. The act of bandhas stimulates the prana and chakras. Madra is a technique to stimulate the nervous system and glands to minimize the dysfunction of the mind and the mysterious powers of man; kundalini (the inner core energy)...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
November 12, 2021
Julia Bornemann, James B. Close, Meg J. Spriggs et al.
43 citations
Background: Chronic Pain is among the leading causes of disability worldwide with up to 60% of patients suffering from comorbid depression. Psychedelic-assisted therapy has recently been found effective in treating a host of mental health issues including depression and has historically been found to be useful in treating pain. Reports of self-medication for chronic pain using psychedelic drugs...
Eastern Journal of Psychiatry
October 29, 2021
Dhananjoy Shaw, Chitra Chand
1 citation
Review ARticle][12] Yoga is a nonpharmacological means to develop overall mental health by improving willpower, emotional control, and self-confidence and reducing perceived fatigue, stress, and lifestyle-related disorders due to stress such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, and many more through mantras, meditation, pranayama, and asanas. 13,14Mindfulness is a technique to purposely...
Kamaya: Jurnal Ilmu Agama
September 10, 2021
N. Dewi
This paper contains about Ongkara Pranava, the concept of ritual within the self. Ongkara Pranava is a sacred mantra that many Hindus chant in the archipelago, and even in the world. Another name for Ongkara is Pranava, which means "born of prana". Prana is another name for breath, more precisely, breath is the grossest aspect of prana, every breath that enters and leaves through human...
Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology
July 6, 2021
E. Schenberg
Dear Editors, Unblinding is an important confounding in pharmacological research potentially affecting rigor and objectivity of the scientific data underlying evidence-based medicine. Therefore, I want to commend the work by Muthukumaraswamy et al. [1] reporting on this problem in clinical trials with psychedelics (Ketamine, LSD, psilocybin and ayahuasca), which are rapidly becoming a focus of...
International Journal of Yoga
June 2, 2021
Arlene A Schmid, Elizabeth A Sternke, Ai-Nghia L Do et al.
Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may occur after a traumatic event and has deleterious effects on individuals, including decreased quality of life and function. Yoga is an intervention that may help with the management of PTSD symptoms, however yoga interventions in research studies frequently only include postures and breathwork, not all eight limbs of yoga. Aims and...