International Journal of Yoga
2008
Sudheer Deshpande, H R Nagendra, Nagarathna Raghuram
Objective: To study the efficacy of yoga on Guna (yogic personality measure) and general health in normal adults. Methods: Of the 1228 persons who attended introductory lectures, 226 subjects aged 18-71 years, of both sexes, who satisfied the inclusion and exclusion criteria and who consented to participate in the study were randomly allocated into two groups. The Yoga(Y) group practised an...
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
December 19, 2007
Anette Kjellgren, Sven A Bood, Kajsa Axelsson et al.
Background: Increasing rates of psychosocial disturbances give rise to increased risks and vulnerability for a wide variety of stress-related chronic pain and other illnesses. Relaxation exercises aim at reducing stress and thereby help prevent these unwanted outcomes. One of the widely used relaxation practices is yoga and yogic breathing exercises. One specific form of these exercises is...
Archives de Philosophie
September 1, 2007
Léon Vandermeersch
Feng Youlan (Fung Yu-lan, 1895-1990) is the author of a famous History of Chinese Philosophy translated by Derk Bodde in 1937 (1st vol.) and 1953 (2nd vol.). He attempted to breathe new life into the Neo-Confucianism of Zhu Xi (1130-1200) by bringing it into harmony with analytic philosophy. His Essay on Man (1943) is a phenomenology of individual consciousness as it rises to saintliness...
Archives de Philosophie
September 1, 2007
Léon Vandermeersch
Feng Youlan (Fung Yu-lan, 1895-1990) is the author of a famous History of Chinese Philosophy translated by Derk Bodde in 1937 (1st vol.) and 1953 (2nd vol.). He attempted to breathe new life into the Neo-Confucianism of Zhu Xi (1130-1200) by bringing it into harmony with analytic philosophy. His Essay on Man (1943) is a phenomenology of individual consciousness as it rises to saintliness...
Acta Paediatrica
February 23, 2007
Hugo Lagercrantz
27 citations
The moment of birth is the moral and legal point when human life must be preserved independent of gestational age, according to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (1). Alternative views such as the newly formed embryo or a baby with a capacity for self-awareness were proposed by some of the distinguished members of the council or working party, but the consensus was that birth is straightforward...
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
July 1, 2006
Charles Savage
4 citations
The book is a collection of interviews and the distilled wisdom obtained between late 1996 and mid-1998, updated and edited by eminent psychiatrists, Professors Roger Walsh and Charles Grob. The alliteratively poetic title in lower case, in green and blue with a colorful psychedelic logo, contrasts with the ashen photographs of all the participants. The book will evoke nostalgia in anyone who...
Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology
May 1, 2006
Steve Edwards
10 citations
This research was motivated by the author’s personal experiences with various breathing methods as well as meaningful breathing experiences reported by clients, colleagues and friends. The meaning of breathing is discussed in relation to consciousness, bodiliness, spirituality, illness prevention and health promotion. Experiencing the meaning of breathing is to experience more meaning in life...
The British Journal of Psychiatry
November 1, 2005
B. Sessa
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The British Journal of Psychiatry
November 1, 2005
G. Edwards
Grof (1975Grof ( , 1990) ) has been the most Grof (1975Grof ( , 1990) ) has been the most prominent explorer of these inaccessible prominent explorer of these inaccessible regions for over 40 years and once research regions for over 40 years and once research into lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) into lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) became impossible, developed a technique became impossible,...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
August 1, 2005
Richard P. Brown, Patricia L. Gerbarg
470 citations
Yogic breathing is a unique method for balancing the autonomic nervous system and influencing psychologic and stress-related disorders. Part I of this series presented a neurophysiologic theory of the effects of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY). Part II will review clinical studies, our own clinical observations, and guidelines for the safe and effective use of yoga breath techniques in a wide range...