Effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and yoga postures on the hemodynamics of the prefrontal cortex.

Context: Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and yoga postures require intentional, systematic, and repeated movements of the limbs. The study aim was to investigate the distinct hemodynamic responses that occur at the prefrontal cortex (PFC) during yoga poses and PNF.

Methods: Sixteen healthy young volunteers, aged 20-28 years, participated in two randomly assigned sessions, i.

Cerebro-Haemodynamic Changes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Following Yoga Intervention: A Pilot Study.

Introduction: Cerebral haemodynamics is highly compromised in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). T2DM reduces cerebral blood flow and increases vascular resistance as the duration of the disease increases. Yoga, a holistic method of healing is known to influence cerebral haemodynamics.

Study Protocol for a Yoga-Based Lifestyle Modification Program for Leucorrhea Disorders.

Introduction: Leucorrhoea is natural vaginal discharge caused by hormonal changes, pregnancy, or sexual stimulation. This study protocol describes the methodology for a 12-week yoga program on the symptoms of leucorrhoea disorder among adult females.

Methods And Analysis: The present study is a two-armed, randomized parallel-group, active-control trial for patients with blinded outcome assessors and multiple primary and secondary outcomes.

Effect of Mind Sound Resonance Technique (MSRT) on Cognitive and Psychophysiological Functions in College Students: A Randomised Controlled Study.

Background: College students face stressors like academic workload, competition, time management and financial concerns, which affect their psychological, physiological and cognitive functions. Meditation techniques can help mitigate these challenges.

Objective: The study aimed to investigate the influence of the Mind Sound Resonance Technique (MSRT), a meditation method, on cognitive functions and psychophysiological variables among college students.

Neural Correlates of Impulsivity and Frontal Electroencephalogram Oscillations in Heartfulness Meditators: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Impulsivity is a multifaceted personality characteristic associated with maladaptive behavior, including action without foresight, lack of self-control, and premature actions. Despite a growing body of meditation studies reporting benefits on emotional regulation, stress reactivity, and mind wandering, it remains unclear whether impulsivity and resting-state frontal electroencephalogram activity in meditators are associated.

Primary Study Objective: The present study evaluated the relationship between the neural activity of the frontal brain and impulsivity in heartfulness and naïve meditators.

Effect of tele-yoga on burnout, mental health and immune markers of health care workers on COVID-19 duty: An open-label parallel group pilot randomized controlled trial.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic overburdened the healthcare system and affected the mental health of healthcare workers. Yoga has proven to improve mental health correlates, within diverse population groups, including healthcare workers. Considering the pandemic-imposed restrictions, this trial was designed to study the feasibility and effect of tele-yoga intervention on burnout, sleep quality, depression, anxiety, stress, mindfulness, and immune markers of healthcare workers on COVID-19 duty.

Influence of High-frequency Yoga Breathing on States Changes in Gamma Oscillation.

Background: Yoga breathing has been shown to enhance neurocognitive function and positive emotions by increasing electrical power in several frequency bands and synchronizing interhemispheric brain waves. The current study examined the immediate impact of practicing (KBH) on the electrical activity of the brain.

Methods: Thirty-six individuals who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and ranged in age from 18 to 25 were randomly assigned, 1:1, to the KBH ( = 18) and breath awareness (BAW) ( = 18) groups.

Improving Prefrontal Oxygenation and Cardiac Autonomic Activity Following Meditation: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study.

Objective: The empirical evidence explicitly demonstrates that meditation practice enhances both brain functions and mental well-being. A meditative relaxation approach called the mind sound resonance technique (MSRT) has shown promising effects on children, adolescents, and people with psychological illnesses. This study aimed to investigate the effects of MSRT practice on brain hemodynamics, heart rate variability (HRV), mindfulness, and anxiety levels in college students.

The Influence of Kapalabhati on Working Memory and Phasic Heart Rate Variability.

Background: Cognitive communication abilities, such as working memory (WM), are vital for accomplishing daily activities and are also important for higher-order processes such as planning and problem-solving. The current study investigates the simultaneous effect of kapalabhati (KBH) on WM and phasic heart rate variability (HRV).

Methods: Twenty participants who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria, with an average age of 23.

Event-Related Potential Changes Following 12-week Yoga Practice in T2DM Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Type 2 diabetes patients are more likely to experience cognitive decline (1.5%) and dementia (1.6%) than healthy individuals.

Cerebral Haemodynamic Changes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Following a Three-Month Yoga Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background and purpose Cerebral haemodynamics and cognitive performance may be adversely affected in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Previous studies reported reduced cerebral blood flow (CBF) and altered cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) in T2DM. Yoga, an ancient holistic health approach, is known to be beneficial for T2DM.

Heart-brain Rhythmic Synchronization during Meditation: A Nonlinear Signal Analysis.

Background: Heart-brain synchronization is the integration of mind, body, and spirit. It occurs when the electrical activity of the heart and brain is synchronized. In recent years, there has been mounting curiosity to investigate the effects of meditation on heart-brain synchronization with respect to mental and emotional health and well-being.

Comparative impact of yoga and ayurveda practice in insomnia: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Insomnia is connected with a lifted hazard for neurocognitive dysfunction and psychiatric disarranges. Clinical observations of psychosomatic patients indicate that their distorted somatopsychic functioning necessitates their practice of yoga-like therapy. Sleep and its modifications and management have also been explained well in ayurveda.

Yoga Practice Facilitates Prefrontal Oxygenation and Working Memory in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Pilot Study.

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with cognitive decline. Lifestyle behaviors such as yoga practices play a significant role in preventing cognitive decline.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to assess the effect of yoga intervention on working memory and prefrontal cortex (PFC) oxygenation in T2DM patients.

Changes in Heart Rate Variability and Executive Functions Following Yoga Practice in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Pilot Study.

Context: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients are at increased risk of cognitive impairment and dementia compared to healthy individuals. Lifestyle practices such as yoga can have a vital role in preventing and managing T2DM. Some studies have found that yoga can positively impact cognitive function in T2DM.

Prefrontal oxygenation and working memory in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus following integrated yoga: a randomized controlled trial.

Aims: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) alters brain functional and structural connectivity leading to cognitive dysfunction. This study examined the effect of a 12-week yoga intervention on prefrontal cortex (PFC) oxygenation and working memory in patients with T2DM.

Methods: Fifty participants were randomized into yoga and waitlist control groups.

Heartfulness Meditation Alters Electroencephalogram Oscillations: An Electroencephalogram Study.

Background: Heartfulness meditation (HM) has been shown to have positive impacts on cognition and well-being, which makes it important to look into the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the phenomenon.

Aim: A cross-sectional study was conducted on HM meditators and nonmeditators to assess frontal electrical activities of the brain and self-reported anxiety and mindfulness.

Settings And Design: The present study employed a cross-sectional design.

Effect of Heartfulness Meditation Among Long-Term, Short-Term and Non-meditators on Prefrontal Cortex Activity of Brain Using Machine Learning Classification: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background Meditation is a mental practice with health benefits and may increase activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. Heartfulness meditation (HM) is a modified form of rajyoga meditation supported by a unique feature called "yogic transmission." This feasibility study aimed to explore the effect of HM on electroencephalogram (EEG) connectivity parameters of long-term meditators (LTM), short-term meditators (STM), and non-meditators (NM) with an application of machine learning models and determining classifier methods that can effectively discriminate between the groups.

Comparative Cross-sectional Study on Phasic Heart Rate Variability and Working Memory Among Young Adults.

Context: Heart rate variability (HRV) could be a promising early biomarker of cognitive impairment. A better understanding of reaction patterns between cardiovascular and cognitive functions can be helpful in predicting and preventing the manifestation of disease. Additionally, beneficial cardiovascular evidence for yoga is promising but lacks short-term (approximately one year) cross-sectional investigations.

Effects of Yoga on Psychological Health and Sleep Quality of Patients With Acute Insomnia: A Preliminary Study.

Context: Insomnia or poor sleep quality is associated with impaired physical, psychological, and mental functions that individuals require for health and well-being.

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the effects of yoga practice in managing insomnia and its related complications, such as cognitive failure, stress, and impaired quality of life (QoL), for individuals suffering from acute insomnia.

Design: The research team designed a randomized controlled trial.

Slow yoga breathing improves mental load in working memory performance and cardiac activity among yoga practitioners.

This study investigated the immediate effect of slow yoga breathing (SYB) at 6 breaths per minute (bpm) simultaneously on working memory performance and heart rate variability (HRV) in yoga practitioners. A total of 40 healthy male volunteers performed a working memory task, 'n-back', consisting of three levels of difficulty, 0-back, 1-back, and 2-back, separately, before and after three SYB sessions on different days. The SYB sessions included alternate nostril breathing (ANB), right nostril breathing (RNB), and breath awareness (BAW).

The Impact of Complementary and Alternative Medicine on Insomnia: A Systematic Review.

Insomnia is characterized by difficulty in maintaining sleep and early morning awakenings. Although pharmacotherapies and psychological interventions remain essential for conventional treatment, motivational factors and interest in using complementary and alternative therapies for insomnia have developed over the last two decades. This review aims to comprehensively explore the effects of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) on improving sleep quality to guide evidence-based clinical decision-making and inform future research.

A perspective of yoga on smartphone addiction: A narrative review.

Evolution in technology is drastically becoming automatic and making life easier. Among those technologies, smartphones are fast-changing technology that is equipping humans to work from anywhere. Frequent usage and dependency on smartphones have increased, which in turn contributes to changes in psychosocial behavioral aspects.

Development, Content Validation, and Feasibility of Yoga Module for Smartphone Addiction.

Context: Mental health practitioners have postulated that smartphone addiction is a disorder characterized by maladaptive and problematic behavior, and treatment modalities are scarce. Yoga has been found to be a viable tool for addiction treatment and other psychiatric conditions, but no specific validated module is currently available for smartphone addiction.

Objective: The study intended: (1) to develop a yoga-based intervention for smartphone addiction, based on the ancient literature of yoga and a modern literature review; (2) to validate the developed module with experts from different schools of yoga; and (3) to test the module's feasibility and efficacy for young adolescents, with the objective of creating biopsychosocial well-being.

Breathing-Focused Yoga Intervention on Respiratory Decline in Chronically Pesticide-Exposed Farmers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Occupational exposure to pesticides has been associated with lung and cognitive function exacerbations. In the present study, we tested the effectiveness of breathing focused yoga intervention on alleviation of adverse respiratory and cognitive effects associated with chronic pesticide exposure in farmers.

Methods: We undertook a parallel, two-armed randomized controlled trial with blinded outcome assessors on a chronically pesticide-exposed farming population.