Yoga

"A major orthodox system of Hindu philosophy based on Sankhya (metaphysical dualism) but differing from it in being theistic and characterized by the teaching of raja-yoga as a practical method of liberating the self. It includes a system of exercises for attaining bodily or mental control and well-being with liberation of the self and union with the universal spirit. (From Webster

Abstracts

- A pilot study of a Hatha yoga treatment for menopausal symptoms. OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility and efficacy of a yoga treatment for menopausal symptoms. Both physiologic and self-reported measures of hot flashes...

- Changes in cardiovascular risk factors and hormones during a comprehensive residential three month kriya yoga training and vegetarian nutrition. In participants of a comprehensive residential three month yoga and mediation training programme living on a low fat lacto-vegetarian diet changes in...

- Chronic stress and insulin resistance-related indices of cardiovascular disease risk, part 2: a potential role for mind-body therapies. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability in the industrialized world, and its prevalence is rapidly increasing among...

- Effects of hatha yoga on well-being in healthy adults in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran. There have been many studies on yoga and its effects on physical function, but less attention has been paid to self assessment of improvement in physical and...

- Innovative interventions for disordered eating: evaluating dissonance-based and yoga interventions. OBJECTIVE: Eating-disordered behavior is prevalent among college women. Few interventions have successfully reduced risk factors for these behaviors,...

- Kapalabhati--yogic cleansing exercise. I. Cardiovascular and respiratory changes. We studied cardiovascular and respiratory changes during yogic breathing exercise kapalabhati (KB) in 17 advanced yoga practitioners. The exercise consisted...

- Kapalabhati--yogic cleansing exercise. II. EEG topography analysis. Topography of brain electrical activity was studied in 11 advanced yoga practitioners during yogic high-frequency breathing kapalabhati (KB). Alpha activity...

- Lack of perceived sleep improvement after 4-month structured exercise programs. OBJECTIVE: Many middle-aged women experience decreases in their sleep quality during the menopausal transition. Physical activity has been shown to improve...

- Medical research on yoga.

- Mind-body interventions for chronic pain in older adults: a structured review. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a structured review of eight mind-body interventions for older adults with chronic nonmalignant pain. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the...

- Observations on respiratory and cardiovascular rhythmicities during yogic high-frequency respiration. Yogic high-frequency respiration--kapalabhati (KB)--was studied in 24 subjects from a point of rhythmicity. Respiratory movements, blood pressure and R-R...

- Remarkable feat of endurance by a yogi priest.

- Use of complementary and alternative medicine for weight control in the United States. OBJECTIVES: The purpose was to assess the prevalence and correlates of complementary and alternative medicine use for weight control. DESIGN: A list-assisted...

- Yoga and biofeedback in the management of 'stress' in hypertensive patients. 1. Psychophysical relaxation exercises based on yogic principles and reinforced by biofeedback instruments were used for behaviour modification in sixteen...

- [Diagnosis and therapy of carpal tunnel syndrome--guideline of the German Societies of Handsurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Orthopaedics, Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, and Surgery for Trau Evidence-based supradisciplinary guideline that deals with the epidemiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, clinical and electrophysiological diagnosis,...