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Physiological Effects of Yogic Practices and Transcendental Meditation in Health and Disease
Yoga is an ancient Indian way of life, which includes changes in mental attitude, diet, and the practice of specific techniques such as yoga asanas (postures), breathing practices (pranayamas), and meditation to attain the highest level of consciousness. Since a decade, there has been a surge in the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23112963 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.101980 |
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author | Balaji, P A Varne, Smitha R Ali, Syed Sadat |
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description | Yoga is an ancient Indian way of life, which includes changes in mental attitude, diet, and the practice of specific techniques such as yoga asanas (postures), breathing practices (pranayamas), and meditation to attain the highest level of consciousness. Since a decade, there has been a surge in the research on yoga, but we do find very few reviews regarding yogic practices and transcendental meditation (TM) in health and disease. Keeping this in view, a Medline search was done to review relevant articles in English literature on evaluation of physiological effects of yogic practices and TM. Data were constructed; issues were reviewed and found that there were considerable health benefits, including improved cognition, respiration, reduced cardiovascular risk, body mass index, blood pressure, and diabetes. Yoga also influenced immunity and ameliorated joint disorders. |
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spelling | pubmed-34827732012-10-30 Physiological Effects of Yogic Practices and Transcendental Meditation in Health and Disease Balaji, P A Varne, Smitha R Ali, Syed Sadat N Am J Med Sci Review Article Yoga is an ancient Indian way of life, which includes changes in mental attitude, diet, and the practice of specific techniques such as yoga asanas (postures), breathing practices (pranayamas), and meditation to attain the highest level of consciousness. Since a decade, there has been a surge in the research on yoga, but we do find very few reviews regarding yogic practices and transcendental meditation (TM) in health and disease. Keeping this in view, a Medline search was done to review relevant articles in English literature on evaluation of physiological effects of yogic practices and TM. Data were constructed; issues were reviewed and found that there were considerable health benefits, including improved cognition, respiration, reduced cardiovascular risk, body mass index, blood pressure, and diabetes. Yoga also influenced immunity and ameliorated joint disorders. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3482773/ /pubmed/23112963 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.101980 Text en Copyright: © North American Journal of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Balaji, P A Varne, Smitha R Ali, Syed Sadat Physiological Effects of Yogic Practices and Transcendental Meditation in Health and Disease |
title | Physiological Effects of Yogic Practices and Transcendental Meditation in Health and Disease |
title_full | Physiological Effects of Yogic Practices and Transcendental Meditation in Health and Disease |
title_fullStr | Physiological Effects of Yogic Practices and Transcendental Meditation in Health and Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Physiological Effects of Yogic Practices and Transcendental Meditation in Health and Disease |
title_short | Physiological Effects of Yogic Practices and Transcendental Meditation in Health and Disease |
title_sort | physiological effects of yogic practices and transcendental meditation in health and disease |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23112963 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.101980 |
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