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July 26, 2017 Shreya Ghiya
The focus of this research paper is to evaluate independent effects of the yogic breathing exercise, alternate nostril breathing (ANB), on human physiological and cognitive functions. Currently, there is developing interest in using alternative and complementary therapies to manage chronic ailments and debilitating diseases. Among alternative and complementary therapies, yoga is widely used to...
July 12, 2017 Deane H. Shapiro 2 citations
E. Maupin had ordinary subjects focus on breathing for several sessions. These subjects’ meditation experiences were rated on a five-point scale by “blind” judges. A discrete altered state of consciousness is a radically different way of handling information from the physical, intrapersonal, and interpersonal environments, yet the discrete altered state of consciousness may be as arbitrary as...
Science March 31, 2017 S. Sheikhbahaei, Jeffrey C. Smith
A small population of brainstem neurons connects breathing behavior to brain arousal. Breathing is one of the perpetual rhythms of life that is often taken for granted, its apparent simplicity belying the complex neural machinery involved. This behavior is more complicated than just producing inspiration, as breathing is integrated with many other motor functions such as vocalization, orofacial...
Brain Informatics March 2017 Sushil Chandra, Greeshma Sharma, Mansi Sharma et al.
Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is a type of rhythmic breathing activity, trivially a form of Pranayama that stimulates physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being. The objective of the present work is to verify the effect of meditation in optimizing task efficiency and regulating stress. It builds on to quantitatively answer if SKY will increase workload tolerance for divided attention tasks...
Queensland University of Technology February 27, 2017 Lloyd Lalande 2 citations
This study proposed and evaluated a novel clinical breathwork intervention based on the use of self-regulation of respiration, mindfulness and relaxation as a treatment option for depression and anxiety. A therapist training program in the intervention was developed and evaluated, followed by an uncontrolled clinical trial assessing the interventions efficacy in the treatment of depression and...
February 1, 2017 Шумков Михаил Алексеевич, Олешко Татьяна Ивановна
the authors of this article have analyzed different points of view about methods of effect on consciousness and have made a conclusion that it is important to implement some esoteric practices. The work describes the method of holotropic breathing.
January 25, 2017 R. Jerath, S. Cearley, Vernon Anthony Barnes et al.
Understanding the mechanics of consciousness remains one of the most important challenges in modern cognitive science. One key step toward understanding consciousness is to associate unconscious physiological processes with subjective experiences of sensory, motor, and emotional contents. This article explores the role of various cellular membrane potential differences and how they give rise to...
Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures 2017 Soichiro Arai, J. Takeno
Abstract What is “self-awareness”? How can explicit consciousness and sub-consciousness be mapped in relation to each other? How are they related to the self? How can these entities be represented in an artificial conscious system? These questions are the focus of this article. People are aware of only the behavior that they are focusing on; they cannot be directly aware of routine behavior...
International Journal of Yoga July 1, 2016 Christiane Brems, Dharmakaya Colgan, Heather Freeman et al.
Background: The practice of yoga has a long history as an integrated lifestyle science. Those who have practiced yoga in its full form (including all eight traditional aspects) find that it touches almost every aspect of their inter- and intra-personal lives. Despite this rich history, the West has adopted limited aspects of yoga practice. When understood narrowly as a physical fitness...
Complementary Therapies in Medicine June 2016 Katie J Schuver, Beth A Lewis
The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of a 12-week mindfulness-based yoga intervention on depressive symptoms and rumination among depressed women. Prospective, randomized, controlled 12 week intervention pilot study. Depressive symptoms were assessed at baseline, post-intervention (12 weeks), and one-month follow-up. Women with a history of diagnosed depression and currently...