Therapeutic role of yoga in hypertension

Systemic hypertension is an established risk factor for coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular accident and control of blood pressure reduces the risk of a major cardiovascular event.Both non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment options are available to treat hypertension.Yoga,recently received more attention as a treatment modality for various lifestyle disorders,even though practiced in India since ancient times.In this review,we are analyzing the role of yoga in the treatment of systemic hypertension.

Effect of yoga practice in reducing blood pressure,platelet blood count,and proteinuria in pregnant women with mild preeclampsia

Objective:In determining the effects of yoga practice on mild preeclampsia,this study examines the blood pressure,blood platelet(PLT)count,and proteinuria status in pregnant women over 20 weeks of pregnancy.Materials and Methods:This research is an experimental study with a pre–post intervention design.We collected forty pregnant women with mild preeclampsia from all populations.All participants agreed to practice 30 min of yoga every week for 1 month.The blood pressure,the blood PLT count,and proteinuria were measured before and after the yoga intervention.The statistical analysis used the t‑test for the blood PLT count variable,the McNemar test for the proteinuria variable,and the Wilcoxon test for the blood pressure variable.Results:The results showed a decrease in systole blood pressure from 134.17±7.17 mmHg before a yoga intervention to 120±4.17 mmHg after yoga intervention(P<0.001)and a decrease in diastole blood pressure from 89.58±5.5 mmHg before the intervention to 79.38±4.25 mmHg after the intervention(P<0.001).However,there was no significant difference in blood PLT count(P=0.104)and proteinuria(P=0.063)before and after a yoga intervention in pregnant women with mild preeclampsia patients.Conclusions:Yoga exercise during pregnancy(upper 20 weeks of gestation)significantly decreased systolic and diastolic blood pressure in mild preeclampsia patients.

Nike Dynamic Yoga在高校艺术体操教学中运用的探究

采用文献资料法和综合分析法,对Nike Dynamic Yoga在高校艺术体操教学中的训练效果进行研究,旨在为高校艺术体操基础训练提供理论依据。

Research on the Flexible Yoga Training Mode based on Yin and Yang Theory of Dialectical Thinking Pattern

In this research paper, we conduct research on the flexible yoga training mode based on Yin and Yang theory of dialectical thinking pattern. Yoga become modem young people are increasingly keen on sports exercise program, at the same time, as more ferocious originated in India yoga culture, even beyond the native of the popularity of the tai chi culture in China, in view of this kind of social cultural phenomenon, the author think it is necessary to carry out the two of fitness culture contrast research, to more deep understanding from angle of culturology of tai chi chuan and the Indian yoga in development in our country, as well as the similarities and differences of inheritance, development and research of its better to provide theoretical reference. We discuss the combination of the cutures and propose the flexible yoga training mode which is innovative.

YOGA护眼疗法对青少年假性近视的疗效观察

目的观察YOGA护眼疗法对青少年假性近视的临床疗效．方法将符合纳入标准的136名7～15岁青少年假性近视患者作为研究对象，YOGA护眼疗法为试验组，眼保健操组为对照组，比较两组研究对象视力恢复情况．结果对照组3个月后视力高于试验前，但差异无统计学意义（P〉0．05）；试验组3个月后视力高于试验前，差异非常显著，具有统计学意义（P〈0．01）；试验组3个月后治疗效果明显高于对照组试验后，两组疗效差异具有统计学意义（P〈0．01），结论通过YOGA护眼疗法练习的试验组恢复效果明显高于对照组及试验前，表明YOGA护眼疗法对青少年假性近视恢复具有显著疗效．

Yoga: A tool for improving the quality of life in chronic pancreatitis

AIM： To determine the effectiveness of yoga on improving the quality of life in patients of chronic pancreatitis. METHODS： The patients were randomized to two groups. The control group continued their usual care as directed by their physicians. Patients in the yoga group, in addition, received biweekly yoga sessions for 12 wk. The patients＇ demographic and health behaviour variables were assessed before and alter the yoga programme using Medical Outcomes Short Form （SF-36） for quality of life, Profile of Mood States for assessing mood and Symptoms of Stress Inventory for measuring stress. RESULTS： A total of 60 patients were enrolled, with 8 drop-outs.Thirty patients were randomized to the yoga group and 30 to the control group. Significant improvements were seen in overall quality of life, symptoms of stress, mood changes, alcohol dependence and appetite alter the 12 wk period apart from the general feeling of well-being and desire to continue with the programme in future in the yoga group, while there was no difference in the control group. CONCLUSION： Yoga is effective on improving the quality of life in patients of chronic pancreatitis.

Determining the mechanism behind yoga’s effects on preventing the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease

Background on the relationship between meditation/yoga practice and its effect on Alzheimer's disease (AD): Dementia refers to a variety of conditions that affect the normal function of the brain, leading to symptoms like memory loss, issues with problem solving, difficulty in processing thoughts and disordered language (McKhann et al., 2011).

Using Yoga to Reduce Stress and Bullying Behaviors among Urban Youth

Background/Purpose: Obesity and secondary conditions continue to disproportionally affect the health of children living in urban areas. Studies show that a lack of resources and physical activity-unfriendly communities discourage 60 minutes of daily activity, including strengthening exercises, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Using Social Ecological theory, the purpose of this study was to examine the multi-level influences of a yoga-based intervention on urban, inner city youth. Method: Using a mixed-methods design, ninety-three 3 - 5th grade students at five urban elementary schools participated in a ten-week yoga intervention. Analysis/Results: RM-ANOVA results revealed a significant reduction in stress and bullying behaviors among participants, and multiple regression analyses revealed that program attendance, change in stress, and change in yoga enjoyment significantly predicted change in yoga participation outside PE, when controlling for gender and age F(5, 87) = 5.36, p R2 = 0.19, but did not have a significant impact on physical activity participation outside of school. Student interviews and non-participant observations revealed strong enjoyment of yoga which led students to report substantial increases in yoga-related activities outside of school. Students also revealed that experience in yoga improved focus, attention, and reduced stress. Conclusions: Through convergence of qualitative and quantitative methods, this study showed a positive relationship between the number of yoga sessions attended (dose), enjoyment of yoga, and participation in yoga outside PE with friends and family. Findings suggest that urban PE should include more individual, non-competitive activities such as yoga, which students find to be stress-relieving, fun, inexpensive and easy to perform at home.

Grounding the Human Body during Yoga Exercise with a Grounded Yoga Mat Reduces Blood Viscosity

Objective: Research continues to show that being connected to the earth can increase the potential of the body to scavenge free radicals. This study examined the effect of just one hour of grounding on blood viscosity while subjects participated in gentle yoga exercises designed to initiate minor inflammation. Design: In this double blind model, twenty-eight (28) subjects met at the Bowerman Sports Medicine Clinic on the campus of the University of Oregon and were grounded to the earth via contact with a grounded yoga mat or were sham-grounded. Ten yoga exercises were repeated five times over a one-hour period. Blood was taken pre and post exercise and analyzed for blood viscosity using a scanning capillary viscometer. Results: Subjects connected to the earth significantly reduced their post exercise systolic blood viscosity (p = 0.03) and diastolic blood viscosity (p = 0.03). Conclusion: Grounding has the ability to affect exercise induced inflammation, thereby reducing blood viscosity.

Effects of yoga on negative emotions in patients with breast cancer:A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Objective:The study aims to investigate the effectiveness of yoga on negative emotions in breast cancer patients.Methods:Pubmed,Elsevier,Web of Science,Cochrane Library,CBM,CNKI,Wanfang,and VIP databases were screened throughout October 2015.Randomized control trials(RCTs)examining the effects of yoga versus a non-exercise or waitlist control group on negative moods in breast cancer patients were included.The methodological quality of included RCTs was evaluated by using the Cochrane Handbook 5.1,and data were analyzed using the Review Manager 5.3.Results:A total of 21 RCTs with 1762 participants were included.We found evidence for immediate effects on anxiety(p<0.00001),depression(p<0.00001),distress(p<0.00001),perceived stress(p<0.00001),and emotional well-being(p=0.0002).Sustained effects(3 months)were only found in depression(p=0.004)but not anxiety(p=0.43),and other outcomes were not synthesized because of heterogeneity and the limited number of studies.Conclusion:Yoga is valuable in improving negative moods in patients with breast cancer.We also concluded five key mechanisms of yoga therapy in improving negative moods.Further well-designed RCTs with large sample size and long-term follow-up are needed.

Effect of Holistic Module of Yoga and Ayurvedic Panchakarma in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus—A Pilot Study

Objective: Ayurveda and Yoga have emerged as beneficial adjuvant in management of diabetes. This pilot study was planned to understand the concepts and assess the effect of a combination of Ayurvedic panchakarma and Yoga. Design: Experimental pilot study with pre post design. Subjects: Twelve patients with type 2 diabetes in age between 40-70 years (mean 56 ± 9.08) with no cardiac, renal or retinal complications. Settings: Residential Holistic Health Centre of S-VYASA. Intervention: A validated Ayurveda protocol comprising of panchakarma followed by maintenance therapy with a specific module of Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy for Diabetes that included selected physical postures (asanas), pranayama, meditation, lifestyle change and yogic counseling for stress management. All subjects underwent a residential program for six weeks followed by therapy at home for 12 weeks. Results were analyzed using paired “t” test. Results: After 6 weeks, Fasting Blood Glucose reduced (p < 0.05) from 129.31 ± 58.11 to 103.54 ± 40.74 (19.93%), Post Prandial Blood Glucose from 191.69 ± 76.77 to 152.92 ± 62.06 (20.23%, p < 0.05), Total choles- terol from 209 ± 33.7 to 186.92 ± 23.36 (10.56%, p < 0.05), Triglycerides from 198.25 ± 94.78 to 151.25 ± 43.65 (23.71%, p < 0.05), HbA1creduced (p = 0.014) from 8.79 ± 2.12 to 8.07 ± 1.77 (8.19%) in 6th week and further to 7.63 ± 2.12 (13.19%, p = 0.001) after 12th week. Oral Hypoglycemic Agent (OHA) drug score reduced from 2.83 ± 0.93 to 1 ± 1.27 (64.66%, p < 0.001). Symptom score reduced from 2.83 ± 1.02 to 1.66 ± 0.65 (p < 0.001). At baseline guna questionnaire showed six subjects each with rajas and tamas dominance. On post assessments, two subjects shifted from tamas to rajas dominance. Conclusion: This first pilot study has indication of a potentially beneficial effect of combining traditionally recommended Ayurveda panchakarma with maintenance herbs and Yoga, in reducing blood glucose and lipids. Long term RCT is recommended.

A Review on Therapeutic Intervention of Yoga and Ayurveda in Post-Partum Depression

Introduction: Postpartum depression often starts two weeks to a month after delivery and can linger for months or even a year. According to the World Health Organization, depression affects roughly 10% of pregnant women worldwide and 13% of women in the immediate postpartum period. In India, the Prevalence of Postpartum Depression (PPD) varies from 15% to 20%. Yoga, which originated in ancient India, is recognized as an alternative medicine practice that incorporates mind-body practices. Methodology: This is a review (narrative) study, in which literature has been evaluated using electronic search in databases of PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, ResearchGate, etc. Searching in the databases was made using keywords of postpartum depression, yoga in postpartum depression. There were many articles on yoga in depression but those articles were included in the study that had done research on postpartum depression, which were of research and review article type. Result: This review study includes 4 interventional studies that showed a highly significant (p < 0.001) decrease in depression after the performance of yoga on postpartum women. Conclusion: This study showed the result that different limbs of yoga (i.e., Dhyana, Asanas, and Pranayama, etc.) could considerably reduce depression symptoms in postnatal women. This would also help in reducing the use of antidepressant medications. Therefore, it is recommended that yoga training should be employed in postnatal treatment.

Effects of Yoga Exercises on Heart Rate Variability Parameters and Perceived Stress in Adolescent Students with High Score in Perceived Stress

Introduction: Hatha Yoga is a widely used form of holistic mind-body therapy for promoting health, and disease prevention like cardiovascular risks and part of treatment for neurological disorders. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Hatha yoga on the autonomic nervous system by tracking acute changes in the time-domain and frequency-domain metrics of heart rate variability (HRV) in healthy International Baccalaureate students arranged in 3 different groups. Methods: The prospective interventional study was conducted among adolescent students in China. Thirty-six adolescent students were divided in three groups: 12 Hatha yoga experimental group participants;a control group of 12 students without participation in any activity and a recreational sport group of 12 other students. Outcomes measured were HRV parameters such as SDNN, RMSSD LF, HF, and LF/HF. Also, a Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 was used to measure stress and anxiety score in terms of Cognitive stress, Somatic Stress and Self Confidence. Results: Compared to baseline values, the Hatha yoga experiment group demonstrated a significant increase in HRV indices: SDNN 87.62 ± 13.89 (>0.0001) and RMSDD 86.61 ± 7.78 (>0.0001) respectively. In contrast it was documented after the 3 weeks of exposure to yoga training a statistically significant decrease in the frequency domain of LF 1911.53 ± 882.15 (0.0464) compared to baseline values. After completion of intervention the yoga experiment group HF (ms2) values were increased 3430.40 ± 858.38 (>0.0001). Decrease and increase in the HF (ms2) in the control and Hatha yoga group were statistically significant after following Hatha yoga. Cognitive anxiety 18.08 ± 6.30 (>0.0001) and Somatic anxiety 17.50 ± 6.33 (>0.0001) decreased after intervention with yoga and self-confidence increased significantly 32.50 ± 1.17 (>0.0001). Conclusions: The investigation showed a significant increase of HRV parameters and cardiac autonomic function as a result of exposure to Yoga practice. Also, there was significant evidence of decrease in cognitive stress and somatic stress;increased values of self-confidence at the end of three weeks yoga exposure in comparison to the baseline values.

Common spices & yoga as incredible medicines for geriatric care during COVID-19

Geriatric care during coronavirus disease 2019 is a real concern for all countries whether it is developed or developing.Poor tolerability for conventional medicines,co-morbidities,weak immune system,high oxidative stress,arterial aging,psychological stress and somatization are few possible reasons for high vulnerability of elderly people for coronavirus disease 2019.Beside high vulnerability of elderly people other major lacunas like improper nurturing,health care services,delayed in providing emergency treatment facilities are also major concern.Therefore it is require to make them self dependent and self sufficient in taking care for themselves by providing information of simple household remedies and simple life style measures that can be adopted easily,tolerable,accessible,affordable and above all safe to use.The article discusses simple spices that can be use as medicines for the management of coronavirus disease 2019 related diseases along with depiction of simple yogic techniques that can be performed indoor to maintain physical activity.

Yoga as an Exercise Prescription for the Pregnancy or Postpartum Period: Recent Advances and Perspective

The aim of this study is to examine studies published from 2015 to 2020 and to determine whether yoga can be an efficacious approach during the pregnancy or postpartum period. PubMed, EBSCO, Wiley and Science Direct databases were searched for studies published from January 2015 to June 2020. A total of 14 studies met the inclusion criteria, covering 1116 participants were identified. The results demonstrated that yoga intervention could significantly reduce depression (P < 0.001), anxiety (P = 0.003), labor pain (P = 0.001), back pain and the percentage of cesarean section (P = 0.002). There was significant improvement in psychological well-being (P < 0.5), immune function and the intrauterine fetal growth (P < 0.5). Moreover, the yoga intervention group has lower salivary cortisol (P < 0.001), salivary alpha-amylase and salivary a-amylase levels (P < 0.5) and higher immunoglobulin A (P < 0.001) levels when compared with that in control groups. The findings suggested that yoga is well benefited for either pregnant women or postpartum women. More high-quality and well-controlled randomized controlled trials are required to provide more information regarding the utility of yoga interventions for different stages of pregnancy women.

A mini review of effects of yoga intervention on type 2 diabetes mellitus:prevention,management,and implementation

Across the world,there has been a rise in patients with diabetes,and the majority of them have type 2 diabetes.Management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and its severe complications are causing a massive burden on resource-poor countries.There is a need to find a solution,and yoga seems to be a cost-effective method to deal with this problem.In this review,we aim to find out various evidence related to the effect of yoga on patients with type 2 DM,its role in prevention and implementation.

Research progress of yoga in symptom management of cancer patients

The survival rate of cancer patients is rising,but the treatment of cancer will bring a series of physiological and psychological symptoms to patients,which will seriously affect the quality of life of patients.As a complementary and alternative therapy,yoga is more and more used in symptom management and quality of life improvement of cancer patients.This paper introduces the overview,implementation methods and application status of yoga,summarizes the application effect of yoga in the symptom management of cancer patients,analyzes the shortcomings in the application process at this stage,and puts forward the prospect,in order to provide a reference for the better application of yoga in the symptom management of cancer patients in the future.

Yoga不是男人 它不会欺骗你

一件时装/一个小玩意儿/一项带有禅意的冥想都会让你精神有伴侣。印度寓言故事里,格涅沙(Ganesh)是—个象头人身的神,有个圆圆的大肚子,看起来很笨拙。他非常喜欢吃甜食,也非常喜欢笑,从来感觉不到任何问题和困难。

新文科背景下高校瑜伽课程教学创新理念、现实困境与优化路径

在对新文科背景下高校瑜伽课程改革要求进行解读的基础上,本文运用文献资料等研究方法,探索新文科背景下高校瑜伽课程发展中存在的困境,并提出瑜伽课程教学创新路径。研究指出:在新文科理念指导下,应积极促进高校瑜伽课程教学理念的变革,坚持跨学科融合的教学思维转变、新技术赋能的教学模式创新以及实践性导向的教学目标搭建;目前,高校瑜伽课程发展中存在教学内容不够合理,教学效果不够全面、教学过程中瑜伽的哲学思源和文化内涵不足、课程思政元素嵌入不足等问题;本文从注重传统精髓的保留和发展、融入现代科技与智能、整合身心健康与当代生活需求、采取智慧化的教学方法提出了教学路径优化的主要方向,从技巧教学、理论框架、创新表演等部分提出了课程内容构建与教学模式创新思路,从六大方面提出了具体教学路径。

Unresolved conundrum of the role of physical activity in inflammatory bowel disease:What next?

There is considerable controversy on the role of physical activity in irritable bowel disease(IBD)since published reports are conflicting.It is well known that there is known relapse with specific treatment in IBD.This,in addition to onset of extraintestinal symptoms creates a need to think of alternate approaches.In this context,the current article describes the need of a multi-institutional study with standard protocol of physical activity for documenting its effect on both the primary disease and the extra alimentary manifestations.This paper also points out the possibility of using adjuvant complementary medicine such as yoga,whose effects have been documented in other diseases like irritable bowel syndrome.A third approach could be to focus on the intestinal dysbiosis in IBD and concentrate on research on restoring the microbial flora to normal,to see whether the extraintestinal symptoms are alleviated.