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Effect of long-term regular Yoga on physical health of Yoga practitioners

2021

Background: Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline. The effect of yoga on mental health has been studied extensively in India but less in the context of physical health. Objective: The objective was to explore the effect of long-term regular yoga on physical health of yoga practitioners. Materials and Methods: It was an interventional study. Inclusion criteria were students who enrolled for 1-year diploma course at the yoga center. Exclusion criteria were nonregular yoga practitioners during the course. Physical health parameters considered for assessment before and after the yoga course were pulmonary function tests, maximum oxygen consumption (VO2 max) using Bruce treadmill test, flexibility, body composition analysis, and hemoglobin level. Paired sample t-test and Chi-square test were used for statistical analysis. Results: The aerobic capacity improved significantly in terms of mean (standard deviation [SD]) forced vital capacity (P < 0.001), forced expiration v...

A Brief Review of Beneficial Effects of Yoga on Physical and Mental Health

Medical and health science journal, 2022

Yoga is focussed as an essential form of spiritual discipline based on an extremely subtle science bringing harmony between mind and body. It is an art and science of healthy living consisting largely of asanas. It is found to be one of the best exercises for physical and mental health. There is more need of supportive therapy for maintaining physical and mental health apart from current treatment by different forms of medicine. It is known to relax body, promote immunity and thereby prevent illness seeing as effective, acceptable and cost-effective for body and mind to relieve stress. An online search for studies done using medline terms like yoga, physical health & mental health were done. The studies have shown that it improves physical illness and promotes mental calmness by removal of anxiety, depression & stress thereby excel the treatment of diseases. These gives positive change such as well-being and happiness to the individual and increase the quality life years.

HEALTHCARE PRACTICE OF YOGA AND ITS EFFECT UPON SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

isara solutions, 2022

The objective of this study is to assess the findings of selected articles regarding the healthcare practice of yoga and its effect upon social and mental health.. As participation rates in mind-body fitness programs such as yoga continue to increase, it is important for health care professionals to be informed about the nature of yoga and the evidence of its many healthcare effects. Thus, this manuscript provides information regarding the healthcare effects of yoga as it has been studied in various populations concerning a multitude of different ailments and conditions. Healthcare practice of yoga is defined as the application of yoga postures and practice to the treatment of health conditions and involves instruction in yogic practices and teachings to prevent reduce or alleviate structural, physiological, emotional and spiritual pain, suffering or limitations. Results from this study show that yogic practices enhance muscular strength and body flexibility, promote and improve respiratory and cardiovascular function, promote recovery from and treatment of addiction, reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain, improve sleep patterns, and enhance overall well-being and quality of life.

Effect of Yoga on the Mental State of People

International Journal of Indian Psychology

Background: Yoga is considered to be effective in overcoming various physical and mental health problems. Effect of yoga on promoting mental health has been reported. Aim: This study was undertaken to analyze the effect of yoga on mental state of people, which indicates the psychological condition of the mind. Research Design: Survey method was adopted under the study. Sample: Consisted of 100 randomly selected yoga practitioners. Tools used: Used an interview schedule containing questions on how much yoga has contributed to improvement in their “mental state” through yoga, and what period of time were they able to experience the improvement in the mental state. They were given five point responses, which were scored from 5 to 1. The interview schedule also asked the respondents about the diseases / medical problems which have reduced through the practice of yoga, when compared to taking treatment alone (which was scored based on the percentage of reported diseases which have reduce...

Effect of yoga on different aspects of mental health

Indian journal of physiology and pharmacology

State anxiety, somatization of stress, quality of life, self-rated quality of sleep, and discomfort due to over-breathing which occurs when stressed were studied. Out of a total of 140 participants, seventy participants self-selected to be in a yoga group for stress relief (group mean age +/- SD, 33.0 +/- 6.5 years; 37 males). Seventy age and gender matched participants were in a control group. State anxiety, somatization of stress, quality of life, discomfort and self-rated quality of sleep were assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Symptom Checklist-90-R, SF-12, Nijmegen Discomfort Evaluation Scale and a Sleep Rating Questionnaire respectively. Assessments were made at the beginning and end of the week. Repeated measures ANOVAs with Bonferroni adjusted post-hoc analyses showed a significant decrease in state anxiety (P < 0.001), somatization of stress (P < 0.01), improved health-related quality of life (P < 0.01), self-rated quality of sleep (P < 0.01), and...

Yoga and mental health: A controlled study of effectiveness

IP innovative publication pvt ltd, 2020

Aim: This study found that the effectiveness of yoga in decreasing depression and improve the quality of life among the people practicing yoga. Materials and Methods: In the total study population, vouleenters categorized into control (N=30) and study group (N=30). We evaluate Depression and quality of life using standard methods. Finally, we analyzed results before and after yoga intervention at the end of one month. Data were analyzed statistically to compare the score between control and study group. Results: Results revealed a decrease in depression and improved quality of life significantly (p<0.001) in the study group compared to control group. Conclusion: In conclusion, Yoga was an alternative approach to control all the psychological problems.

Yoga and Health

Journal of Yoga and Physiotherapy, 2018

The background of yoga has its origin in ancient Indian philosophy. In contemporary society we can observe many schools or types of yoga. Each having its own specific emphasis regarding body postures, breathing techniques, relaxation technics, and meditation practices. That nurture awareness and state of consciousness. The application of yoga as a therapeutic means, take advantage of the number of psychological and physiological benefits. Yoga exercises may increase man flexibility, strength, coordination while the breading and meditation practices may silent the mind, hence evoke greater awareness and diminish anxiety, reduce distress, and thus enhance quality of life. Despite of growing body of clinical research on the therapeutic effects of yoga, there is still a lack of evidence regarding its clinical validity for number of symptoms and health conditions. In some research studies we can observe inconsistent evidence with some reporting positive effect of yoga interventions, but some are less conclusive. In our review we summarize the current evidence on the clinical effect of yoga intervention on various factors of physical and mental health.

Effects of Yoga on Mental and Physical Health: A Short Summary of Reviews

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012

This report summarizes the current evidence on the effects of yoga interventions on various components of mental and physical health, by focussing on the evidence described in review articles. Collectively, these reviews suggest a number of areas where yoga may well be beneficial, but more research is required for virtually all of them to firmly establish such benefits. The heterogeneity among interventions and conditions studied has hampered the use of meta-analysis as an appropriate tool for summarizing the current literature. Nevertheless, there are some meta-analyses which indicate beneficial effects of yoga interventions, and there are several randomized clinical trials (RCT’s) of relatively high quality indicating beneficial effects of yoga for pain-associated disability and mental health. Yoga may well be effective as a supportive adjunct to mitigate some medical conditions, but not yet a proven stand-alone, curative treatment. Larger-scale and more rigorous research with hig...

Effect of Yoga on Psychological Well-being and Mental health in Students

The main purpose of this study was to find out the mean difference between psychological well-being and mental health among with yoga and without yoga student. The total sample consisted 80 as a variation belonging to 40 with with yoga students and 40 without yoga students. The research tool for psychological well-being was measured by Bhogle and Prakash (1995) and translated in to Gujarati by Suvera (2001) and mental health was measured by D. J. Bhatt and Geeta R. Geeda (1992). To check the significant difference between group t-test was applied and to check correlation between variables Karl person correlation method was used. Here t-test used result revealed psychological well-being is a not significance difference and mental health is a not significance difference. While the correlation between psychological well-being and mental health reveals 0.16 positive correlations.

Effect of yoga on Happiness and Mental Health among aged male and female

Background: Mental, Physical health and Happiness are important factors as it affects almost every aspect of life and determines what activities or every single task one emerges in or not, and the likelihood of which task or activity one is able to complete successfully. The conceptual background of yoga has its origins in ancient Indian philosophy. There are numerous modern schools or types of yoga each having its own distinct emphasis regarding the relative content of physical postures and asanas, (pranayama), deep relaxation, and meditation practices that cultivate awareness and ultimately more profound states of consciousness. Yoga Provides us peace of mind, Good mental health, energize and balance of our body ultimately leads to a sense of self control, Provide us good mental health and Happiness. Title: The present research makes an attempt to ascertain the Effect of yoga on Happiness and Mental Health among aged male and female. Sample: The sample of 120 aged male and female were selected purposefully. Instruments: The present study takes into consideration the two psychological tests. First was Oxford Happiness questionnaire which was made by Oxford University and second was Mental Health Inventory (MHI), developed by Bhatt and Gida. Statistical Techniques: The data was analyzed by using t Test (Pre test and Post test) and correlation. Result: Result shows highly Impact of yoga on Happiness and mental Health among aged male and female. Here Positive correlation between Happiness and Mental Health.