Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part I—Neurophysiologic Model

Brown, Richard P.; Gerbarg, Patricia L.

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“…Yoga therapy is being used and prescribed by medical practioners to treat various physical and psychological ailments [4,5]. Slow yogic breathings or slow pranayams like Savitri Pranayama, Sitkari , Anuloma Viloma Pranayama, Nadi sudhhi are accredited as most prominent practical relaxation techniques which can be used as an adjunctive means of treatment to recover symptoms associated with autonomic imbalances [6,7], cardiovascular diseases as hypertension and respiratory disorders [6,8] like asthma and other COPD and various psychological stress related disorders [9,10]. Short term effect of slow breathing Pranayama includes decreased heart rate, blood pressure [6,11] and oxygen consumption [12] where as Long term effect of pranayamic breathing includes improvement in autonomic nervous system [13,14].…”

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Chandra Anuloma Viloma Pranayama modifies Cardiorespiratory Functions

Prakash¹,

Dhungel²

2016

Janaki Med. Coll. J. Med. Sci.

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Background and Objectives: In recent years, there has been considerable interest in scientific research on yoga, especially on Pranayama. Nostril breathing exercises including Alternate nostril breathing, Left nostril breathing and right nostril breathing exercises is getting attention in the east and in the west. Left nostril breathing exercises is also called Chandra Nadisuddhi Pranayama or Chandra anulomaa vilomaa Pranayama (CAV). Very few have carried out research on Chandra Anuloma Viloma Pranayama (CAV). This study was carried out to see the effects of CAV on experienced yoga practitioners and naïves.Material and Methods: The study consisted of 36 subjects divided into two groups, first group consist of 26 medical students who were naïve and the next group consist of 10 yoga practitioners. All the subjects performed 12 rounds of Chandra Nadisuddhi Pranayama in each session for 24 days. Variables were entered into SPSS Program and were analyzed.Results: This study depicts fall in Pulse rate, respiratory rate, systolic blood pressure and Diastolic blood pressure after CAV Pranayama in both Naïves and Yoga practitioners. But the significant drop was observed in SBP only (at p < 0.05) among Naives and in all parameters except respiratory rate among Yoga Practitioners.Conclusion: The effect of the Chandra Anuloma Viloma (CAV) in this study was more eminent in the yoga practitioners than in the naïve group.Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (2015) Vol. 3 (1):45-51

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Chandra Anuloma Viloma Pranayama modifies Cardiorespiratory Functions

Prakash¹,

Dhungel²

2016

Janaki Med. Coll. J. Med. Sci.

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“…The effects of yoga on cardiorespiratory function, 24,25 anxiety and depression, 26 stress, 27 and low back pain 28,29 have been examined. Zettergren et al 30 evaluated the effect of therapeutic yoga on postural control, mobility, rising from the floor, and gait speed in community-living older adults.…”

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The Effects of a Therapeutic Yoga Program on Postural Control, Mobility, and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Kelley

Aaron

Hynds

et al. 2014

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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Objective: To examine the effects of a 12-week therapeutic yoga program on gait speed, postural control, and mobility in community-dwelling older adults. Design: Quasi-experimental study with a pretest/post-test design. Researchers evaluated changes over time (pretest to post-test) in all outcome measures. Paired t-tests were used to analyze normal and fast gait speed, Timed Up and Go test, and Timed Up and Go Dual Task. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to evaluate scores for the Mini-BESTest (MBT). Setting: Yoga classes were performed at a local senior center. Blind examiners who were previously trained in the outcome measures performed all pretests and post-tests at the site. Participants: Thirteen adults (12 women and 1 man, with a mean age -standard deviation of 72 -6.9 years) completed the study. Research participants had minimal to no yoga experience. Interventions: A 12-week, 60-minute, biweekly Kripalu yoga class designed specifically for communitydwelling older adults. Outcome measures: Postural control (MBT), mobility (Timed Up and Go test), and gait speed (normal and fast) were assessed. Results: All 13 participants attended at least 19 of the 24 classes (80% attendance). Statistically significant improvements were seen in the MBT ( p = 0.039), normal gait speed ( p = 0.015), fast gait speed ( p = 0.001), Timed Up and Go test ( p = 0.045), and Timed Up and Go Dual-Task ( p = 0.05). Conclusions: Improvements in postural control and mobility as measured by the MBT and Timed Up and Go gait as measured by fast gait speed indicate that research participants benefitted from the therapeutic yoga intervention. The yoga program designed for this study included activities in standing, sitting, and lying on the floor and may be effective in improving mobility, postural control, and gait speed in community-dwelling older adults.

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“…Yoga, exercise, meditation, life style modification have been found to relieve stress and ease out the menopausal transition thereby enhancing the quality of life. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Sudarshan Kriya (SK) is a rhythmic breathing technique. According to various studies, those who practice it daily have varied beneficial effects on their body in different aspects, especially in relieving stress.…”

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“…[4][5][6][7] Women doing regular SK can maintain weight gain and prevent loss of muscle strength as is seen in the table 5 of symptoms.…”

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Study of effects of Sudarshan Kriya on Postmenopausal symptoms among central India women population : A preliminary study

Patil

Ughade

et al. 2017

Asian J Med Sci

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Background: Menopausal health concerns mainly include the vasomotor symptoms, cardiovascular symptoms, osteoporosis, cancer, sexual problems and urogenital atrophy. Our life style today leads to a lot of stress, depression and anxiety. Prolonged stress can make one experience the symptoms like menopause (though not actually inducing it).Yoga exercise meditation and life style modification have relieved stress and enhanced the quality of life. Sudarshan Kriya (SK) is a rhythmic breathing technique with 4 breath components. It has varied effects on body especially acting by relief of stress. Aims and Objective: Assess the effects of SK on the commonly perceived symptoms experienced by the postmenopausal women in central India. Materials and Methods: A random sample of 156 women was interviewed by administering a pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire. Questionnaire included 14 frequently occurring symptoms. Stress was scored on Likerts scale to assess the severity. (Score total =lowest 0 and highest 42). Those women doing regular SK for at least more than 1 year before the final menstrual period (n= 79) formed the Study group and women doing SK for less than 1year, women following other health practices, or not following any health practice at all (n=77) belonged to the Control group. Results: Women doing SK were found to be happier and content as compared to controls. SK with vegetarian diet was found effective in lowering the scores. Combining SK with exercises and yoga together can reduce the score to the lowest level. Minimum two years of regular practice was found enough to yield low scores and best quality of menopausal transformation. Conclusion: Initiating SK into the lives of postmenopausal women at the right time can assure a less morbid, more comfortable and a better quality of postmenopausal life. Rather, it has become more and more challenging to find a treatment which is more rewarding and less or non harmful at the same time. Stress depression and anxiety have become highly prevalent in the general population nowadays. Today's life style includes all those things which make us diverge too far from our natural homeostasis, thus leading to lot of stress. 2 Stress actually means feeling under pressure both physically and emotionally. The way our body reacts to a particular situation also varies from person to person. For some it remains reasonably comfortable, while for others it can be a very stressful one. Study backgroundTo cope up with stress our body produces cortisol. Infact, estrogen regulates this cortisol levels. But, during menopause as estrogen decreases, the regulation of cortisol gets affected and stress is experienced more readily. Study conducted elsewhere indicates, that continuous high level of prolonged stress can make one experience symptoms resembling menopause, though not actually inducing it. Yoga, exercise, meditation, life style modification have been found to relieve stress and ease out the menopausal transition thereby enhancing the quality of life. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10] S...

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Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part I—Neurophysiologic Model

Cited by 501 publications

References 67 publications

Chandra Anuloma Viloma Pranayama modifies Cardiorespiratory Functions

Chandra Anuloma Viloma Pranayama modifies Cardiorespiratory Functions

The Effects of a Therapeutic Yoga Program on Postural Control, Mobility, and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Study of effects of Sudarshan Kriya on Postmenopausal symptoms among central India women population : A preliminary study

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