Stress Management through Yoga

Stress Reactions: Its Management by Preksha Meditation & Yoga

Stress, inflammation, and yoga practice.

OBJECTIVE To address the mechanisms underlying hatha yoga's potential stress-reduction benefits, we compared inflammatory and endocrine responses of novice and expert yoga practitioners before, during, and after a restorative hatha yoga session, as well as in two control conditions. Stressors before each of the three conditions provided data on the extent to which yoga speeded an individual's p...

Self - Realization through through Vedanta and Yoga

The seeker of ultimate truth needs the understanding of the practical side of Vedanta philosophy, the five Koshas or Sheaths beyond which the Atman, the Self remains. Through Vedanta and Yoga one can transcend these layers in a systematic manner to attain self realization - ultimate Reality.

Using Bikram Yoga for Stress Management in the Daily Lives of College Students

College students experience higher-than-normal levels of stress. Chronic exposure to stress may lead to physical and mental illness. Introducing a regular practice of Bikram yoga, a form of yoga performed in a hot room developed by Bikram Choudhury in the 1970s, could be an effective stress-management technique for college students. Traditional yoga is an established alternative therapy for pro...

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 hypertensive subjects. 2. Preliminary studies indicated that their pressor response to emotional and physical stimuli became less exaggerated and less protracted compared with controls.