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{"title":"Can Yoga Pranayama Practices Improve Burnout in Elite Mountain Bikers: A Single-arm Pilot Study.","authors":"Wei Liang,&nbsp;Li Le,&nbsp;Cun Yaling,&nbsp;Yuan Hongbo,&nbsp;Zhang Yu,&nbsp;Deng Yunzhu","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_184_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_184_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mountain bike (MTB) racing is a highly intensive physical activity and requires a high degree of technical ability to perform at the elite athlete level, which might compromise mental well-being, increasing symptoms of anxiety and depression through overtraining, injury, and burnout. Yoga Pranayama is the key to bringing about psychosomatic integration and harmony. This study aimed to explore the effects of yoga pranayama practices (YPP) on elite mountain bikers' burnout. This is a single-arm pilot study. Twenty-seven subjects practiced 30 sessions of YPP seven times a week for 1 month. The outcomes measured were blood biochemical parameters accompanied by complete blood count and athlete burnout score. Cubital vein blood test and burnout questionnaire were conducted at baseline and after 1 month. Test results showed a significant decrease in cortisol (CO) (<i>P</i> = 0.001) and urea nitrogen (<i>P</i> < 0.001) and an increase in testosterone: CO ratio (<i>P</i> = 0.001). This study indicates that YPP might improve burnout in elite mountain bikers.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/72/c6/IJY-16-49.PMC10424275.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10012657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of 24-Week Yoga Intervention on Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Inflammatory Markers in Type 2 Diabetes.","authors":"Sonali Sharma,&nbsp;Sonal Bhardwaj,&nbsp;Arvind Gupta,&nbsp;Vishwa Mohan Katoch,&nbsp;Krishna Kumar Sharma,&nbsp;Rajeev Gupta","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_176_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_176_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Persistent hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, inflammation, and oxidative stress are important in cardiovascular risk in type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM). To evaluate the effect of 24-week yoga intervention on anthropometry and biochemical markers in DM patients, we performed a study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A hospital-based prospective randomized study in 104 participants with DM divided into control (<i>n</i> = 52) and intervention (<i>n</i> = 52) groups was performed. Patients in the intervention group performed 40 min of multifaceted individualized yoga exercises 5 days/week for 24 weeks. Anthropometric measurements and biochemical analysis were performed at baseline and after 24 weeks in both groups. Descriptive statistics are reported.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Baseline characteristics were similar in both groups. At 24 weeks, participants in the intervention versus controls had lower body mass index (25.6 ± 2.9 vs. 28.0 ± 3.2 kg/m²), waist-hip ratio (0.94 ± 0.06 vs. 0.99 ± 0.05), systolic blood pressure (121.2 ± 11.7 vs. 139.3 ± 19.1 mmHg), fasting glucose (142.7 ± 45.3 vs. 175.7 ± 45.4 mg/dL), glycated hemoglobin (7.2 ± 1.8 vs. 9.4 ± 1.9%), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (167.5 ± 38.1 vs. 192.2 ± 51.4 mg/dL), nonhigh-density lipoprotein cholesterol (136.8 ± 35.3 vs. 158.6 ± 47.2 mg/dL), interleukin-6 (32.0 ± 21.5 vs. 43.5 ± 34.3 pg/mL), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (5.1 ± 3.7 vs. 9.5 ± 15.6 mg/L) (<i>P</i> ≤ 0.05). In the intervention group, higher levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (49.2 ± 15.0 vs. 40.4 ± 7.2 mg/dL) and serum total antioxidants (1.9 ± 0.4 vs. 1.4 ± 0.4 mmol/L) were observed (<i>P</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A short-term yoga intervention led to reduced glycemia, dyslipidemia, and inflammatory markers and increased antioxidant status in patients with type-2 DM.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8f/66/IJY-16-27.PMC10424277.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10003952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Electroencephalographic Brainwave Spectrum, Mindful Meditation, and Awareness: Hypothesis.","authors":"Vinod D Deshmukh","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_34_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_34_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is hypothesized that being mindfully aware is a spontaneous state of being. It is imbued with joy, peace and happiness. Such a state is periodically revealed during restful attentiveness or presence. It is also associated with spontaneous brain alpha activity of 8-13 Hz. In deep nonrapid eye movement sleep, there is synchronous delta activity at a coherent frequency of 0.1 Hz. Both of these brainwave ground states are spontaneous, calm and effortless. When any physical or mental effort is made, the alpha rhythm is desynchronized, and it is superposed by faster brain waves of beta (13-30 Hz) and gamma frequencies (30-150 Hz). This is associated with a stream of dualistic conscious experiences with contents. During deep sleep, delta activity is superposed by beta and gamma activity with microarousals resulting in dream experiences. During effortless, meditative awareness, the whole family of alpha rhythm is synchronized including (a) <i>Occipital-parietal alpha</i> with visual clarity, formless color, and the absence of visual imagery (b) <i>Frontal eye-field alpha</i> with relatively motionless eyes, and the absence of voluntary actions or plans to move the eyes in some direction, along with nonactive working memory, (c) <i>Somatosensory alpha or Mu rhythm</i> from the somatic motor-sensory cortex with the resultant stillness of the body including head, face, larynx, spine, hands and legs, (d) <i>Mid-temporal auditory alpha</i> with vocal quietness and internal verbal silence (<i>Maunam</i>) with a feeling of spontaneous silence and serenity, (e) <i>Cingulate and precuneus alpha</i> resulting in freedom from autobiographical memories and the sense of agency or ego. The insular cortex serves as a gatekeeper, a hierarchical controller to switch between conscious engagement or disengagement from the internal or the external world. It switches between the default mode network and the executive frontoparietal networks, between the sequential and the parallel modes of functioning. Mindful consciousness is local and dualistic, whereas mindful awareness is nonlocal and nondual.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/dd/97/IJY-16-42.PMC10424274.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10010150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Transformative Impact of the International Day of Yoga.","authors":"Nandi Krishnamurthy Manjunath","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_106_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_106_23","url":null,"abstract":"1 The International Day of Yoga (IDY) is one of India’s most significant traditional and cultural gifts, first celebrated on June 21st, 2015, across the world. Responding to the proposal made by the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, the UN General Assembly declared June 21st as the International Day of Yoga in December 2014. The vision was to connect the world as one family (Vasudaiva kutumbakam) through Yoga based lifestyle to create a healthy and peaceful planet earth.","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/1e/24/IJY-16-1.PMC10424276.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10012655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Men with and without Alcohol Dependence: A Comparative Study of <i>Triguna</i>, Nonattachment, Personality and Subjective Well-Being.","authors":"Chandana Nedungottil,&nbsp;Jyotsna Agrawal,&nbsp;Mahendra Prakash Sharma,&nbsp;Pratima Murthy","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_128_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_128_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Context: </strong>Indian models of personality are seldom explored in relation to alcohol dependence. <i>Triguna</i> is an Indian model of personality originating from the <i>Sankhya</i> philosophy, whereby three <i>gunas</i>, <i>Sattva</i>, <i>Rajas</i> and <i>Tamas</i> describe personality features. Additionally, the trait of Non attachment which is a concept discussed extensively in <i>Bhagavad Gita</i> is also studied along with <i>Triguna</i>.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The current study discusses these concepts and attempts to explore their relationship with personality and subjective well-being, among men with and without alcohol dependence.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey method was adopted, with a sample of 84 men from the community without alcohol dependence, screened through alcohol use disorders identification test and 30 men diagnosed with alcohol dependence. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants.</p><p><strong>Statistical analysis used: </strong>The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent sample <i>t</i>-test, and Mann-Whitney <i>U</i>-test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Men without alcohol dependence scored significantly higher on variables such as <i>Sattva</i>, extraversion and conscientiousness, positive affect, and life satisfaction, than men in the clinical group. Men who were diagnosed with alcohol dependence, scored significantly higher on <i>Tamas</i>, neuroticism, and negative affect.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This novel understanding of the personality structure of patients with alcohol dependence from the <i>Triguna</i> perspective may be helpful in the development of indigenous psychological interventions for alcohol dependence.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/07/69/IJY-15-222.PMC10026343.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9219728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Immediate Effect of Pranava Pranayama on Fetal and Maternal Cardiovascular Parameters.","authors":"Vasudevan Rajalakshmi Vasundhara,&nbsp;Meena Ramanathan,&nbsp;Seteesh Ghose,&nbsp;Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_151_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_151_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Maternal stress responses play an important role in the etiology of fetal and maternal disorders other than biomedical risks. The surge of emergency evidence that yoga as adjuvant therapy can have significant beneficial effects in the prenatal period and in the fetus.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to evaluate the immediate effect of Pranava Pranayama on maternal and fetal cardiovascular parameters.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Three-way cross-over study was done on 3 consecutive days in 60 pregnant women (3^rd trimester) with 10 min of breath awareness, listening to OM, and performing Pranava Pranayama. Maternal heart rate (MHR) and systolic and diastolic pressures were measured before and after each session, and cardiovascular indices were derived with formulae. Fetal heart rate (FHR) was obtained from nonstress test tracing. Data were assessed using GraphPad InStat version 3.06. Student's <i>t</i>-test was used for intragroup comparisons while repeated measured ANOVA with Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison tests were done for intergroup comparison.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant changes (<i>P</i> < 0.001) were found in MHR and FHR immediately after all three interventions. Delta% changes showed the greatest fall in MHR (<i>P</i> = 0.03) after Pranava as compared to the other two while in FHR, both OM group and Pranava were significant (<i>P</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There were significant changes found in MHR, FHR, and cardiovascular responses rate-pressure product and double product after a single session of intervention. Yogic breathing techniques Pranava may enhance cardiovascular hemodynamics of the maternal-fetal unit. Reduction in maternal and fetal cardiovascular parameters attributed to reduced sympathetic activity coupled with enhanced vagal parasympathetic tone. Such changes in cardiac autonomic status may enhance placental circulation and lead to healthier fetal development.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/0f/b9/IJY-15-240.PMC10026336.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9518617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of 4-Week Heartfulness Meditation on Stress Scores, Sleep Quality, and Oxidative and Inflammatory Biochemical Parameters in COVID-19 Patients after Completion of Standard Treatment - A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Senthil Kumar Subramanian,&nbsp;Vidya Desai Sripad,&nbsp;Amudharaj Dharmalingam,&nbsp;V Naga Guhan,&nbsp;Vinoth Kumar Kalidoss,&nbsp;Nichenametla Gautam,&nbsp;Arundhathi Shankaralingappa,&nbsp;Rajathi Rajendran,&nbsp;Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_95_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_95_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Context: </strong>COVID-19-affected patients showed increased stress, impaired sleep quality, altered complete blood count, and increased inflammatory and oxidative parameters. Yoga is an add-on nonpharmacological treatment that is established to normalize the abovementioned parameters. Heartfulness meditation is a form of Raja yoga.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The present study aimed to study the effects of 4 weeks of heartfulness meditation on the abovementioned parameters in COVID-19 patients following treatment completion.</p><p><strong>Settings and design: </strong>The present study was a randomized controlled trial carried out in the Department of Physiology, AIIMS, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>Out of 50 COVID-19 treatment-completed patients recruited for the study, 25 were randomly assigned to the study group who received 4-week app-based heartfulness meditation. Other 25 patients were assigned to the control group who received app-based relaxation for 4 weeks. Perceived stress score, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire, baseline cardiovascular parameters, complete blood count, serum cortisol, inflammatory parameters, oxidative stress parameters, and antioxidant parameters were assessed before and after 4 weeks of intervention in both the groups. The outcome assessor was blinded in the present study.</p><p><strong>Statistical analysis used: </strong>The mean difference between the two groups was tested using the Student's <i>t</i>-test or Mann-Whitney <i>U</i>-test based on data distribution. Effect of intervention was analyzed using paired Student's <i>t</i>-test for dependent samples test or Wilcoxon signed-rank test based on data distribution.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The groups were comparable before intervention for all the variables. After 4 weeks of intervention, we observed a significant decrease in stress, circulating cortisol, inflammatory markers, and oxidative stress biomarker in both the groups. Further, we observed improved sleep quality and antioxidant biomarkers in both the groups. These beneficial alterations following intervention were high in the study group compared to the control group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results suggest that app-based heartfulness meditation/relaxation can be used as a nonpharmacological adjuvant to hasten the recovery process in patients who have completed the COVID-19 treatment protocol. Beneficial effects in subjects practicing heartfulness meditation were more than that observed in subjects practicing relaxation.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/87/b3/IJY-15-195.PMC10026342.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9166698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of Integrated Approach to Yoga Therapy-Based Yoga Module in Improving Cardiovascular Functions and Lipid Profile in Hypertensive Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Shivaprasad Shetty, N S Nandeesh, Prashanth Shetty","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_107_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_107_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hypertension is a growing public health problem and its optimal management is imperative. Integration of lifestyle modification and yoga with antihypertensive drugs leads to its successful management. Yoga has been shown to modulate blood pressure (BP) and lipid metabolism in individuals with hypertension. The current study is a preliminary effort to ascertain the underlying mechanisms behind it.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Hundred patients were screened, among which 65 who met the inclusion criteria were recruited. After baseline assessments, they were randomly allocated (1:1) to an intervention group (IG) who practiced integrated approach to yoga therapy (IAYT)-based yoga module for 6 days a week, for 3 months and a control group (CG) who received no intervention. BP, heart rate variability, and lipid profile were assessed before and after the intervention. Data acquired from 60 cases were analyzed by <i>post-hoc</i> analysis for multiple comparisons between the mean values.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At the end of 3 months, within-group comparison showed significant changes (<i>P</i> < 0.05) in IG in all variables except triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and very low-density lipoprotein (LDL) while similar changes were not present in the control group. Significant differences were seen between the groups in the TC (<i>P</i> = 0.005), HDL (<i>P</i> = 0.047), non-HDL (<i>P</i> = 0.013), LDL (<i>P</i> < 0.001), LDL/HDL Ratio (<i>P</i> = 0.031), CHOL/HDL Ratio (<i>P</i> = 0.043), DBP (<i>P</i> < 0.001), SBP (<i>P</i> < 0.001), and all indices of HRV (<i>P</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that IAYT-based yoga module was effective in improving cardiovascular performance and lipid metabolism, thereby mitigating coronary artery disease risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d4/24/IJY-15-215.PMC10026340.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9219729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Yoga Module Development and Validation: A Systematic Review with Methodological Guidelines.","authors":"Naresh Katla,&nbsp;Atmika Ramsahaye,&nbsp;Arun Thulasi,&nbsp;Judu Ilavarasu,&nbsp;Aarti Jagannathan,&nbsp;Hemant Bhargav,&nbsp;Shivarama Varambally,&nbsp;Nanjudaiah Gangadhar","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_59_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_59_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the past decades, more than fifty different yoga styles have been implemented in the therapeutic context to manage various diseases. Yet, not all of these yoga styles have been validated or standardized as a program. The aim of this article is to review the different methodologies used for yoga module development and to assess their quality. Three databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus) were searched using the following keywords and Boolean operators: (validation OR development OR design) AND (yoga OR mind-body) AND (module OR protocol OR program). Three thousand six hundred and seventy-one articles were enlisted, and based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 37 articles were narrowed down for review. Since no checklist exists to assess the quality of yoga modules, the authors designed a 23-item checklist to categorize each having low, medium, or high quality. As per the yoga module quality checklist, only 21.6% of the studies had high quality, while 75.3% of the articles had medium quality and 8.11% had low quality. A commonly used development method was literature review, while for validation, experts' scoring of the Likert scale was the preferred means. The feasibility of the module was carried out only by half of the studies. Few diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, obesity, Parkinson's disease, and obesity had more than one yoga module developed. The findings of this systematic review have shed some light on the growing need for standardized methods of yoga module development. The 23-item checklist can guide researchers in the homogeneous development strategies when designing yoga interventions in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/91/ab/IJY-15-175.PMC10026335.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9166693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Yoga as an Escape from Depreciating Mental Health due to COVID 19: A Qualitative study analyzing the factors associated with mental status based on the experiences of geriatric population's participation in an Online program during COVID 19 lockdown in India.","authors":"Varun Malhotra, Ananyan Sampath, Danish Javed, Rajay Bharshankar, Shweta Mishra, Vijender Singh, Dibyanshu Singh, Avani Kulkarni, Namita Gautam, Rimjhim Rastogi","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_121_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_121_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic has left an array of direct physical consequences unevenly on the elderly apart from leaving a wide range of indirect consequences of mental health problems on them. This study aims to understand the effect of a Yoga-Meditation based mobile phone application intervention to reduce the duress by mental health issues via a qualitative analysis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A phenomenological qualitative succession of an explanatory sequential design of a prior quantitative study followed by a Yoga-Meditation mobile phone based intervention, where 30 participants who had mild or moderate Depression, Anxiety or Stress as assessed by DASS-21 were chosen by random sampling and were asked to take part in an interview. The interview was transcribed, coded, patterns identified and themes were created to understand the perceptions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three major schools of thought were identified and explored to understand the general perception of Mental health, COVID-19 and the intervention: a) Knowledge Axis patterns of COVID-19, which included their prior knowledge about the disease, its consequences and their cues to action based on those beliefs, b) Mental Health and Strategies to Positivity, involves all their actions to promote, restore or propagate a positive mental attitude from religious activities to physical activities and c) Application related thoughts, involved their perceptions of the app, the barriers to use and suggestions to improve.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study gave deeper insight into the schools of thought which will be important in designing future interventions and yoga-meditation based programs in the future, essentially for geriatric populations as it serves as a feasible simple measure for the same.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/2f/8e/IJY-15-230.PMC10026333.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9219726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}