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{"title":"Intraocular Pressure Changes Following Three \"Head below the Heart\" Postures in Yoga Practitioners - A Prospective Observational Study.","authors":"N Swathi,&nbsp;Meena Ramanathan,&nbsp;K Srikanth,&nbsp;Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_28_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_28_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Context: </strong>Intraocular pressure (IOP) increases during \"sirasasana\" and may be a risk factor for the progression of glaucoma. Other \"head below heart\" asanas may also cause increase in IOP.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To determine the change in IOP following three \"head below the heart\" postures-\"meruasana\", \"viparithakarni,\" and \"sarvangasana\".</p><p><strong>Settings and design: </strong>Prospective observational study conducted in a tertiary care hospital over 3 weeks.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Willing, regular yoga practitioners recruited by purposive sampling performed \"meruasana\", \"viparithakarni,\" and \"sarvangasana\" in random order according to a 3 × 3 periods cross over study design after baseline measurement of IOP, blood pressure (BP), and pulse rate. Each asana was held for 30 s. Within 15-30 s of completion of asana, IOP, BP, and pulse rate were recorded. There was an interval of 30 min between the asanas.</p><p><strong>Statistical analysis used: </strong>Normality of data was tested using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Repeated measures of ANOVA with Tukey-Kramer multiple comparisons was used to compare changes in IOP, BP, pulse rate following asana. <i>P</i> ≤ 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 33 participants with a mean age of 29.6 ± 10.5 years (95% confidence interval [CI]: 26.02, 33.18). The mean baseline IOP was 15.5 ± 3.4 mm Hg (95% CI: 14.34, 16.66) in the right eye and 16.7 ± 3.4 mm Hg (95% CI: 15.54, 17.86) in the left eye. IOP showed a significant reduction following each of the three asanas (<i>P</i> < 0.0001). However, neither pulse rate (<i>P</i> = 0.53) nor BP (<i>P</i> = 0.27) showed any change following the asanas.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>\"Meruasana,\" \"viparithakarni,\" and \"sarvangasana\" when held for 30 s by healthy yoga practitioners resulted in post-asana drop in IOP with no significant change in pulse rate or BP.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":"16 1","pages":"34-37"},"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/69/7b/IJY-16-34.PMC10424270.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10012659","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":"A Cross-sectional Survey to Assess Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Yoga among Cancer Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital.","authors":"Amit Sehrawat,&nbsp;Sweta Malik,&nbsp;Shikha Mudgal,&nbsp;Twinkle Dogra,&nbsp;Sweety Gupta,&nbsp;Suresh Lal Barnwal,&nbsp;Jaya Chaturvedi,&nbsp;Deepak Sundriyal","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_150_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_150_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cancer incidence and mortality are rapidly growing worldwide. Cancer affects the overall quality of life of cancer patients. Yoga has its origin in the ancient times. This ancient practice has been used for holistic well-being for ages. Yoga as an alternative therapy might be beneficial for cancer patients too. This study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitudes, and yoga practices among cancer patients.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>For this cross-sectional survey, a self-designed questionnaire was validated and distributed among 25 cancer patients for a pilot study. Then, a full-fledged study was conducted based on the interviews of 1000 cancer patients at a tertiary care oncology unit and the data were analyzed using R 3.6.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1000 participants were enrolled in this cross-sectional survey. Out of 1000 participants, 91 were excluded as they responded that they were not familiar with the term \"Yoga\" in the first question of the questionnaire. Of 919 participants, 238 strongly agreed and 395 agreed with the question that people who practice yoga are less prone to diseases, showing that 68.87% of cancer patients have a positive attitude toward yoga. However, only 145 (15.77%) of the participants practice yoga regularly. Lack of time was the most common reason for not practicing yoga, and the other reasons were the lack of interest and insufficient facilities.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The present study on 1000 patients from the yoga capital of the world, Rishikesh, highlights the fact that the majority of cancer patients are aware of yoga practice's benefits and if given the opportunity to learn appropriate techniques, yoga can further improve the outcome in such patients. There is a need to design the effective yoga programs for cancer patients to promote suitable yoga practices in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":"16 1","pages":"12-19"},"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/9b/d8/IJY-16-12.PMC10424273.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10010146","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":"Interest in and Barriers to Practicing Yoga among Family Caregivers of People with Cancer.","authors":"Krupali Desai, Allison J Applebaum, Shelly Latte-Naor, Eva M Pendleton, Sarah Cheyney, Qing S Li, Ting Bao, Susan Chimonas, Jun J Mao","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_203_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_203_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Family caregivers of people with cancer report high levels of psychological distress. Yoga, with well-documented mental health benefits, could be a useful intervention to address distress in this population. However, little is known about yoga practices among cancer caregivers. The present study evaluates their interest in and barriers to yoga practice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cross-sectional survey study of family caregivers of cancer patients at five suburban satellite locations of an academic cancer center. Survey items and statistical analyses focused on yoga usage as well as interest in and barriers to yoga practice.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 539 participants, most were females (64.8%), white (84.2%), and caring for a spouse or partner (54.7%). Interest in practicing yoga among study participants was 42.3%. Increased interest was independently associated with being females (odds ratio [OR] = 3.30, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.98-5.51, <i>P</i> < 0.001) and employed (part-time: OR = 2.58, 95% CI = 1.1-6.18, <i>P</i> = 0.03; full-time: OR = 1.77, 95% CI = 1.1-2.01, <i>P</i> = 0.02). Few participants (6.3%) were currently practicing yoga, although 31% had done so in the past. Sixty-one percent of those who had practiced before their loved one's diagnosis stopped practicing yoga afterward. Commonly cited barriers to yoga practice included time constraints (37.3%) and psychological obstacles (33.6%). About a quarter of those who had never practiced yoga lacked awareness of yoga's benefits (26.6%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Despite the low use of yoga, interest in practicing was moderately high, especially among women and employed caregivers. As caregivers face numerous barriers to yoga practice, strategies are needed to overcome these barriers and help them access yoga's health benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":"16 1","pages":"5-11"},"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/c8/c9/IJY-16-5.PMC10424271.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10003955","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 Future of Yoga for Mental Health Care.","authors":"Vanika Chawla,&nbsp;Christiane Brems,&nbsp;Heather Freeman,&nbsp;Arun Ravindran,&nbsp;Douglas L Noordsy","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_25_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_25_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Yoga is an integrated holistic system originating in India that provides a path to alleviate physical, mental, and emotional suffering. Interest in the application of yoga in health care to manage and treat psychiatric conditions has grown. While research and clinical interventions using yoga show promising results for improving mental and emotional well-being, more data are needed. This perspective article summarizes the current evidence on yoga as a treatment for mental health conditions, potential mechanisms of action, future directions, and a call to action for proactive clinical and research agendas for yoga-based interventions in mental health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":"16 1","pages":"38-41"},"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/f9/da/IJY-16-38.PMC10424272.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10003951","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":"An Integrated Yoga and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Managing Excessive Use of Internet among the Youth: A Case Series.","authors":"Ashwini Tadpatrikar,&nbsp;Shubham Sharma,&nbsp;Manoj Kumar Sharma,&nbsp;Hemant Bhargav,&nbsp;Nitin Anand,&nbsp;Prashant Mishra","doi":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_47_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_47_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Internet addiction is a behavioral problem that is managed by pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods. The nonpharmacological methods focus on enhancing skills for healthy use of technology and promoting mindfulness and mental relaxation. Yoga therapy is an effective tool to reduce psychological stress and promote self-regulation and mindfulness. Thus, present work focused on developing an integrated yoga and cognitive behavioral therapy intervention (Y-CBT) for the management of excessive use of technology amongst adolescents and young adult students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Feasibility of the Y-CBT program was tested by implementing 10 sessions of yoga and 6 sessions of CBT program for 2 weeks by certified Yoga therapist and psychologist, respectively. This was followed by online booster sessions once a week, and post assessments were conducted at 12 weeks. A total of 4 college-going students with the excessive use of technology were recruited from tertiary specialty service for promotion of healthy use of technology. Each participant was assessed using short-version of internet addiction test (s-IAT), Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version, Kessler's Psychological distress scale for baseline, and follow-up assessment after completion of the program.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Y-CBT program was found feasible and useful in reducing internet use, smart phone use, and psychological distress. There were no reported side-effects. A trend was observed for increase compliance toward treatment at follow-up. Future studies should explore this further with robust methodology.</p>","PeriodicalId":14436,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Yoga","volume":"16 1","pages":"56-60"},"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/d0/ae/IJY-16-56.PMC10424269.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10012654","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":"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":"16 1","pages":"49-55"},"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":"16 1","pages":"27-33"},"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":"16 1","pages":"42-48"},"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":"16 1","pages":"1-4"},"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":"15 3","pages":"222-229"},"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}