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| 01 | Title: Neurochemical and Neuroanatomical Plasticity Following Memory Training and Yoga Interventions in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Author : Helen Lavretsky Description:Behavioral interventions are becoming increasingly popular approaches to ameliorate age-related cognitive decline, but their underlying neurobiological mechanisms and clinical efficiency have not been fully elucidated. | Download |
| 02 | Title: Impact of a short home-based yoga programme on blood pressure in patients with hypertension: a randomized controlled trial in primary care Author: Macmillan Publishers Limited Description:The present study was designed to evaluate yoga's impact on blood pressure (BP) and quality of life (QOL) and on stress, depression and anxiety in patients with hypertension in a primary care setting. We conducted a multi-centre randomized controlled trial with follow-up after 12-week intervention completion. | Download |
| 03 | Title: “It’s like a charge – either fuses you or burns you out”: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of extreme mental states in meditation context Author: Justina Kaselionytea and Andrew Gumleyb Description:Meditation, an ancient Eastern spiritual practice, is increasingly being practised in the West where its benefits for mental and physical health have been established. Extreme mental states that can be encountered in the context of meditation have also been reported and often have been labelled as psychosis or spiritual emergency. This study aimed for more nuanced understanding of the phenomena. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to explore the meaning-making of three meditation teachers from different philosophical traditions | Download |
| 04 | Title: Kundalini Yoga for Post-Treatment Lyme Disease: A Preliminary Randomized Study Author: Lilly Murray 1,2,* , Charles Alexander 3 , Clair Bennett 1,2, Mara Kuvaldina 1,2, Gurucharan Khalsa 4 and Brian Fallon Description:This study examined the adherence to and the potential benefit of Kundalini yoga (KY) for post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS). Participants were randomly assigned to 8 weeks of a KY small-group intervention or a waitlist control (WLC). Adherence was measured as attendance at KY group sessions. Primary outcomes assessed pain, pain interference, fatigue, and global health. | Download |
| 05 | Title: Effect of Yoga practice on reducing cognitive-motor interference for improving dynamic balance control in healthy adults Author: Savitha Subramaniam (PT, MS), Tanvi Bhatt (PhD) Description:Objective: The purpose of our study was to investigate the effects of Yoga on reducing cognitive-motor interference (CMI) for maintaining balance control during varied balance tasks. Method: Yoga (N = 10) and age-similar non-practitioners (N = 10) performed three balance tasks including the Limits of Stability test (LOS – Intentional balance), Motor Control test (MCT – Reactive balance), and Sensory Organization Test (SOT –condition 6: inducing both somatosensory and visual conflicts) under single-task (ST) and dual-task (DT, addition of a cognitive working memory task) conditions | Download |
| 06 | Title: Kundalini yoga in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: A qualitative research Author: Daniela Concha Mirauda ∗, Claudia Cruzat-Mandich, Catalina Moore, María Luisa Ugarte y Fernanda Díaz-Castrillón Description:Treatment for eating disorders should be multidisciplinary and may be complemented by new techniques. Some studies have shown that yoga practice make patients feel better with their bodies, improve their sensations, have healthier attitudes towards food and feel more satisfied with themselves. | Download |
| 07 | Title: Interoceptive awareness in experienced meditators Author: SAHIB S. KHALSA,a DAVID RUDRAUF,a ANTONIO R. DAMASIO,b RICHARD J. DAVIDSON,c ANTOINE LUTZ,c and DANIEL TRANELa Description:Attention to internal body sensations is practiced in most meditation traditions. Many traditions state that this practice results in increased awareness of internal body sensations, but scientific studies evaluating this claim are lacking. We predicted that experienced meditators would display performance superior to that of nonmeditators on heartbeat detection, a standard noninvasive measure of resting interoceptive awareness. | Download |
| 08 | Title: Treatment of chronic primary sleep onset insomnia with Kundalini Yoga: a randomized controlled trial with active sleep hygiene comparison Author: Sat Bir S. Khalsa, PhD1,2; Michael R. Goldstein, PhD2,3 Description:Study Objectives: Prior studies have suggested a benefit of yoga for alleviating sleep disturbance; however, many studies have had methodological limitations. This trial study aimed to extend that literature by including an active sleep hygiene (SH) comparison. | Download |
| 09 | Title: Medical Yoga for Patients with Stress-Related Symptoms and Diagnoses in Primary Health Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial Author: Monica Köhn,1 Ulla Persson Lundholm,1 Ing-Liss Bryngelsson,2 Agneta Anderzén-Carlsson,3 and Elisabeth Westerdahl3,4 Description:Stress is a major public health problem and may lead to reduced quality of life, lower work efficiency, increased human suffering, and increased consumption of health care. Stress and stress-related diagnoses are causes for high sickleave rates. | Download |
| 10 | Title: Yoga Prevents Gray Matter Atrophy in Women at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial Author: Beatrix Krause-Sorioa, Prabha Siddartha, Lisa Kilpatricka, Michaela M. Mililloa, Yesenia Aguilar-Faustinoa, Linda Ercolia, Katherine L. Narrb, Dharma S. Khalsac and Helen Lavretskya,∗ Description:Background: Female sex, subjective cognitive decline (SCD), and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) are known risk factors for developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We previously demonstrated that yoga improved depression, resilience, memory and executive functions, increased hippocampal choline concentrations, and modulated brain connectivity in older adults with mild cognitive impairment | Download |
| 11 | Title: Yoga and Mindfulness as a Tool for Influencing Affectivity, Anxiety, Mental Health, and Stress among Healthcare Workers: Results of a Single-Arm Clinical Trial Author: Giuseppe La Torre 1,* , Antonino Raffone 2, Margherita Peruzzo 1, Lucia Calabrese 2,Rosario Andrea Cocchiara 1, Valeria D’Egidio 1, Pasquale Fabio Leggieri 1, Barbara Dorelli 1,Salvatore Zaffina 3, Alice Mannocci 1 and YOMIN Collaborative Group 1,2,3,† Description:: Mindfulness-based interventions have emerged as unique approaches for addressing a range of clinical and subclinical difficulties such as stress, chronic pain, anxiety, or recurrent depression. Moreover, there is strong evidence about the positive effects of yoga practice on stress management and prevention of burnout among healthcare workers. | Download |
| 12 | Title: Trauma Survivors’ Experiences of Kundalini Yoga in Fostering Posttraumatic Growth Author: Karlita Morrison and Veronica Dwarika Description:The prevalence of traumatic events in South Africa is considerably high due to a history of political violence and the ongoing cycle of interpersonal, community-based, and socioeconomic violence. While conventional therapeutic techniques have been found to support trauma survivors in the local context, alternative approaches that focus on the mind–body connection have become increasingly popular. | Download |
| 13 | Title: The visibility graph analysis of heart rate variability during chi meditation and Kundalini Yoga techniques Author: Mahda Nasrolahzadeh a, Zeynab Mohammadpoory b , Javad Haddadnia a Description:The human heartbeat reflects one of the most crucial types of complex physiologic fluctuations. The purpose of this study is to study and evaluate the complexity of heart rate time series to capture its intrinsic multiscale dynamics based on the concept of fractality and complexity | Download |
| 14 | Title: Meditation effects on cognitive function and cerebral blood flow in subjects with memory loss: a preliminary study Author: Andrew B. Newberg, Nancy Wintering, Dharma S. Khalsa, Hannah Roggenkamp and Mark R. Waldman'' Description:Initial studies have suggested that speeifie eognitive praetiee programs may help improve memory.''^ Meditation has long been defined as a potential teehnique for improving memory and lowering levels of stress, depression, and anxiety. Until now, there have been a few treatment options for patients with early eognitive impairment. Several medieations and vaecine trials are underway. | Download |
| 15 | Title: Exaggerated heart rate oscillations during two meditation techniques Author: C.-K. Peng , Joseph E. Mietus , Yanhui Liu , Gurucharan Khalsa , Pamela S. Douglas ,b,c a,b,c, Herbert Benson , Ary L. Goldberger Description:We report extremely prominent heart rate oscillations associated with slow breathing during specific traditional forms of Chinese Chi and Kundalini Yoga meditation techniques in healthy young adults. We applied both spectral analysis and a novel analytic technique based on the Hilbert transform to quantify these heart rate dynamics | Download |
| 16 | Title: Kundalini yoga as mutual recovery: a feasibility study including children in care and their carers Author: Elvira Perez Vallejos, Mark John Ball, Poppy Brown, David Crepaz-Keay, Emily Haslam-Jones and Paul Crawford Description:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test whether incorporating a 20-week Kundalini yoga programme into a residential home for children improves well-being outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – This is a mixed methods feasibility study. Feasibility was assessed through recruitment and retention rates as well as participants’ self-report perceptions on social inclusion, mental health and well-being and through semi-structured interviews on the benefits of the study | Download |
| 17 | Title: 2ANDOMIZED #ONTROLLED 4RIAL OF 9OGIC-EDITATION 4ECHNIQUES FOR 0ATIENTS 7ITH BSESSIVE-OMPULSIVE DISORDER Author: $AVID33HANNAHOFF +HALSA ,ESLIE%2AY -3 -&## 3AUL,EVINE - CHRISTOPHER C'ALLEN -$ 0H$ "ARRY*3CHWARTZ 0H$ AND*OHN*3IDOROWICH 0H$ Description:The objective of the study | Download |
| 18 | Title: Kundalini Yoga Meditation Versus the Relaxation Response Meditation for Treating Adults With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial Author: David Shannahoff-Khalsa1,2,3*, Rodrigo Yacubian Fernandes4, Carlos A. de B. Pereira5, John S. March6, James F. Leckman7, Shahrokh Golshan2,8, Mário S.R. Vieira9,Guilherme V. Polanczyk4, Euripedes C. Miguel4 and Roseli G. Shavitt4 Description:Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is often a life-long disorder with high psychosocial impairment. Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) are the only FDA approved drugs, and approximately 50% of patients are non-responders when using a criterion of 25% to 35% improvement with the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS). About 30% are non-responders to combined first-line therapies (SRIs and exposure and response prevention). Previous research (one open, one randomized clinical trial) has demonstrated that Kundalini Yoga (KY) meditation can lead to an improvement in symptoms of obsessive-compulsive severity. We expand here with a larger trial. | Download |
| 19 | Title: Mantra Meditation Suppression of Default Mode Beyond an Active Task: a Pilot Study Author: Rozalyn Simon1,2 & Johan Pihlsgård2 & Ulrika Berglind2 & Birgitta Söderfeldt3 & Maria Engström1,2 Description:Abstract Within the field of neuroimaging, the discovery of a constellation of brain regions silently active when we are Bresting^ has provided a new view into the elusive effects of meditative practice. This network, called the default mode network (DMN), has been shown by functional neuroimaging to be active when an individual is at rest. Meta-analyses of the fMRI neurocorrelates of meditation have shown that across diverse practices, the most common general effect appears to be modulation of regions within the DMN | Download |
| 20 | Title: Impact of preference for yoga or cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with generalized anxiety disorder on treatment outcomes and engagement Author: Kristin L. Szuhany a,*, Samrachana Adhikari b, Alan Chen b, Rebecca E. Lubin c, Emma Jennings a,Madeleine Rassaby a, Rachel Eakley a, Mackenzie L. Brown d, Rebecca Suzuki e,Abigail L. Barthel c, David Rosenfield f, Susanne S. Hoeppner g, Sat Bir Khalsa h, Eric Bui i,Stefan G. Hofmann c,j, Naomi M. Simon a Description:There is some, but inconsistent, evidence to suggest that matching patient treatment preference enhances treatment engagement and outcome. The current study examined differential preferences and factors associated with treatment preference for 12-week group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), yoga, or stress education in 226 adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD; 70% female, Mean age = 33 ± 13.5). In a subsample of 165 patients who reported an intervention preference and were randomized to yoga or CBT, we further examined whether match to preferred intervention improved the primary treatment outcome (responder status on Clinical Global Impressions Scale) and engagement (dropout, homework compliance) | Download |
| 21 | Title: Efficacy of mindfulness exercises in the management of borderline personality disorder Author: Mamta Pandey Trichal, Pradeep Kumar Description:Psychiatric social work helps the emotionally disturbed people in managing their psychosocial problems. Borderline personality disorder is also distinguished by behavioral problems like by impulsive behaviors and intense reactions. The purpose of the concern study is to examine the effect of mindfulness practices in management of Borderline personality disorder incorporating with medication. A sample of 50 borderline old patients [clinical diagnosis having the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) severity score more than 20 points on BPDSI] was purposively selected for the study. | Download |
| 22 | Title: ESCUELA DE POSGRADO PROGRAMA ACADÉMICO DE MAESTRÍA EN GESTIÓN PÚBLICA Author: Villalobos La Madrid, Juan Antonio Description:A mi familia es la fuente de inspiración para dejar el legado buscado por todos estos años con el apoyo incondicional. Mis hijos Roberto, María, Maycol, Rafaella, Carlos y Mayra que me acompañan y apoyan en lograr mis metas y retos. A mi par Milagros, que siempre está presente en las buenas yen las malas. Finalmente, dedico mi trabajo de investigación a todos mis amigos y en especial a la comunidad de la kundalini yoga me siento emocionado de poder decir que la vida nos ofrece sueños. | Download |
| 23 | Title: Perceptions and experiences of MediYoga among patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation—An interview study Author: Maria Wahlströma,b,⁎, Monica Rydell Karlssona,c, Jörgen Medinb,d Description:Objectives: We investigated the perceptions and experiences of a therapeutic yoga form, MediYoga, which is evolved from Kundaliniyoga among patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). Design and setting: an inductive exploratory design was chosen with individual semi-structured interviews. The study was conducted with 12 participants (7 men and 5 women, average age 63.5) at a university hospital, Sweden. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. The data were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis with an inductive method and a manifest approach. | Download |
| 24 | Title: Impact of yoga on blood pressure and quality of life in patients with hypertension – a controlled trial in primary care, matched for systolic blood pressure Author: Moa Wolff1*, Kristina Sundquist1,2, Sara Larsson Lönn1 and Patrik Midlöv Description:Background: Medical treatment of hypertension is not always sufficient to achieve blood pressure control. Despite this, previous studies on supplementary therapies, such as yoga, are relatively few. We investigated the effects of two yoga interventions on blood pressure and quality of life in patients in primary health care diagnosed with hypertension. | Download |
| 25 | Title: Yoga’s effect on inflammatory biomarkers and metabolic risk factors in a high risk population – a controlled trial in primary care Author: Moa Wolff1*, Ashfaque A. Memon1, John P. Chalmers2,3, Kristina Sundquist1,4 and Patrik Midlöv1 Description:Background: Yoga can reduce blood pressure and has also been suggested to reduce inflammatory biomarkers and metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). We aimed to assess the benefit of two yoga interventions on inflammatory biomarkers and metabolic risk factors in a high risk population in primary care. | Download |
| 26 | Title: Impact of a short home-based yoga programme on blood pressure in patients with hypertension: a randomized controlled trial in primary care Author: M Wolff1, K Rogers2, B Erdal1, JP Chalmers2,3, K Sundquist1,4 and P Midlöv1 Description:A recent multi-national study suggests that the prevalence of hypertension in adults is around 40%.1 Hypertension is important not only because of its high frequency but also because it is a major modifiable risk factor for heart disease, stroke and kidney disease, which are among the most common causes of death worldwide. | Download |
| 27 | Title: A Yoga Intervention Program for Patients Suffering from Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Author: Farah A. Jindani, PhD,1 and G.F.S. Khalsa, BA2 Description: Objective: To understand how individuals with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) perceive a trauma-sensitive Kundalini yoga (KY) program. Methods: Digitally recorded telephone interviews 30–60 minutes in duration were conducted with 40 individuals with PTSD participating in an 8-week KY treatment program. | Download |
| 28 | Title: A Journey to Embodied Healing: Yoga as a Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Author:FARAH JINDANI, PhD, GURU FATHA SINGH KHALSA, BA Description: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly debilitating and prevalent condition resulting from exposure to traumatic events. Individuals. | Download |
| 29 | Title: Treatment of Chronic Insomnia with Yoga: A Preliminary Study with Sleep–Wake Diaries Author: Sat Bir S. Khalsa1 Description: A number of contributory factors have been implicated in chronic insomnia, including psychological conditioning, constitutional predisposing factors, dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes, and cognitive and physiological arousal (Morin et al., 1999). | Download |
| 30 | Title: Evaluation of a Residential Kundalini Yoga Lifestyle Pilot Program for Addiction in India Author: Sat Bir S. Khalsa, PhD, Gurucharan S. Khalsa, PhD, Hargopal K. Khalsa, MSc, Mukta K. Khalsa, LPC Description:Previously reported substance abuse interventions incorporating meditation and spiritual approaches are believed to provide their Sat Bir S. Khalsa is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. | Download |
| 31 | Title: Cerebral blood flow changes during chanting meditation Author: Dharma Singh Khalsaa, Daniel Amenb, Chris Hanksa, Nisha Moneyc and Andrew Newbergd Description:Meditation is a 5000-year-old method of healing whose benefits have been evaluated by research over the past three decades. Starting with the work by Wallace and Jevning’s ‘Transcendental Meditation’ study, continuing with Kabat-Zinn’s ‘Mindfulness Meditation’ and the ‘Relaxation Response’ of Benson and others, meditation has been associated with a variety of health factors [1–8]. | Download |
| 32 | Title: Yoga-Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Y-CBT) for Anxiety Management: A Pilot Study Author: Manjit K. Khalsa,1* Julie M. Greiner-Ferris,1 Stefan G. Hofmann2 and Sat Bir S. Khalsa3 Description: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a chronic, relatively commonpsychiatricdisorderwithhighratesofcomorbidity. In the USA, the lifetime prevalence rate is about 5.7% (Kessler,Berglund,Demler,Jin,&Walters,2005). | Download |
| 33 | Title: Yoga-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Y-CBT) Benefits Older Adults with Anxiety Author: Manjit Khalsa a a , Paul Block b , and Julie M. Greiner-Ferris a Description:Older adults often experience loss of partnership, illness, and declining health which can contribute to anxiety and depression. This can be a significant public health concern. Senior centers play an important role in providing support and community which may reduce these symptoms. | Download |
| 34 | Title: Efficacy of the Kundalini Method in Alleviating Emesis Gravidarum during the First Trimester Author:Qatrunnada Naqiyyah Khusmitha1*, Atik Farokah2, Herdian Fitria Widyanto Putri 3 Description:Stunting in toddlers might result from malnutrition during pregnancy. Emesis gravidarum is a natural alteration. Nevertheless, if not managed appropriately, it can escalate and interfere with the nutritional consumption of pregnant women. Anxiety can cause emesis gravidarum. | Download |
| 35 | Title: Impact of Yoga Versus Memory Enhancement Training on Hippocampal Connectivity in Older Women at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Author: Lisa A. Kilpatricka,b,c, Prabha Siddartha, Beatrix Krause-Sorioa, Michaela M. Mililloa, Yesenia Aguilar-Faustinoa, Linda Ercolia, Katherine L. Narrd, Dharma S. Khalsae and Helen Lavretskya,∗ Description:Background: Yoga may be an ideal early intervention for those with modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) development. Objective: To examine the effects of Kundalini yoga (KY) training versus memory enhancement training. | Download |
| 36 | Title: A pilot study of yogic meditation for family dementia caregivers with depressive symptoms: effects on mental health, cognition, and telomerase activity† Author:H. Lavretsky1, E.S. Epel4, P. Siddarth1, N. Nazarian1, N. St. Cyr1, D.S. Khalsa3, J. Lin5, E. Blackburn5 and M.R. Irwin1,2. Description:Background: This study examined the effects of brief daily yogic meditation on mental health, cognitive functioning, and immune cell telomerase activity in family dementia caregivers with mild depressive symptoms. | Download |
| 37 | Title: Functional brain mapping of the relaxation response and meditation Author:Sara W. Lazar, 12CA George Bush, Randy L. Gollub, Gregory L. Fricchione, 15 Gurucharan Khalsa and Herbert Benson15 Description:Meditation (observing the breath and passively ignoring everyday thoughts) is one technique that induces a set of integrated physiological changes termed the relaxation response and is effective as a complementary treatment for many diseases [1-5]. | Download |
| 38 | Title: Yoga in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Results of a Pilot Study Author:Holly Lynton, Benjamin Kligler, and Samuel Shiflett Description: Yoga is a philosophical system that originated in India approximately 4,000 years ago, and it was primarily intended as a means toward increasing self-awareness. The first written references to yoga postures date back to the Upanishads of the 6th century BC. | Download |
| 39 | Title: Effects of Brief Daily Kundalini Yoga Meditation on Self-Esteem, Mood and Emotional Self-Efficacy: A Randomized Comparison Study Author:Sonia Romero Martinez, Andrés Dueñas, Xavier Ordoñes Description:Meditation is an introspective technique developed over millennia, typically linked to religious or spiritual traditions. An operational definition of meditation based on traditional and clinical parameters (Cardoso et al., 2004) has proposed that in order to be characterized as meditation. | Download |
| 40 | Title: Effects of an 8-Week Meditation Program on Mood and Anxiety in Patients with Memory Loss Author: Aleeze´ Sattar Moss, PhD,1 Nancy Wintering, MSW,1 Hannah Roggenkamp, BA,1 Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD,2 Mark R. Waldman, BA,3 Daniel Monti, MD,1 and Andrew B. Newberg, MD1 Description:Background: This study assesses changes in mood and anxiety in a cohort of subjects with memory loss who participated in an 8-week Kirtan Kriya meditation program. Perceived spirituality also was assessed. Previous reports from this cohort showed changes in cognitive function and cerebral blood flow (CBF). | Download |
| 41 | Title: Cerebral blood flow differences between long-term meditators and non-meditators Author:Andrew B. Newberga,b,*, Nancy Winteringa,b, Mark R. Waldmanb, Daniel Amenc, Dharma S. Khalsab,d, Abass Alavia Description: Wehavestudied a numberoflong-term meditators in previous studies. The purpose of this study was to determine if there are differences in baseline brain function of experienced meditators compared to non-meditators. All subjects were recruited as part of an ongoing study of different meditation practices. | Download |
| 42 | Title: Meditation Effects on Cognitive Function and Cerebral Blood Flow In Subjects with Memory Loss: A Preliminary Study Author:Andrew B. Newberga,b,∗, Nancy Winteringa,b, Dharma S. Khalsab,c, Hannah Roggenkampa and Mark R. Waldmanb Description: This preliminary study determined if subjects with memory loss problems demonstrate changes inmemory and cerebral blood flow (CBF) after a simple 8-week meditation program. Fourteen subjects with memory problems had an IV inserted and were injected with 250MBq of Tc-99m ECD while listening to a neutral stimulus CD. | Download |
| 43 | Title: Heart rate dynamics during three forms of meditation Author: C.-K. Penga,*, Isaac C. Henrya, Joseph E. Mietusa, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff a, Gurucharan Khalsaa, Herbert Bensonb,c, Ary L. Goldbergera Description: Objective: This study was designed to quantify and compare the instantaneous heart rate dynamics and cardiopulmonary interactions during sequential performance of three meditation protocols with different breathing patterns. | Download |
| 44 | Title: A pilot study of the effects of meditation on regional brain metabolism in distressed dementia caregivers Author: Kelsey L Pomykala1, Daniel HS Silverman1, Cheri L Geist1, Patricia Voege2, Prabha Siddarth3, Nora Nazarian3, Natalie M St Cyr3, Dharma S Khalsa4 & Helen Lavretsky*3,5 Description:Caregiver distress can affect mood and cognition. Meditation can be used to reduce stress. This pilot study explored whether yogic meditation could change regional cerebral metabolism in distressed caregivers. | Download |
| 45 | Title: Effects of a Kundalini Yoga Program on Elementary and Middle School Students’ Stress, Affect, and Resilience Author:Meliné Sarkissian, EdD,* Natalie L. Trent, PhD,† Karen Huchting, PhD,* Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, PhD† Description: Objective: The Your Own Greatness Affirmed (YOGA) for Youth program delivers yoga to urban inner-city schools with the goal of providing practical benefits that support underserved children at high risk of behavioral and emotional problems. | Download |
| 46 | Title: Hemodynamic Observations on a Yogic Breathing Technique Claimed to Help Eliminate and Prevent Heart Attacks: A Pilot Study Author:DAVID S. SHANNAHOFF-KHALSA,1,2 B. BO SRAMEK, Ph.D.,3,4 MATTHEW B. KENNEL, Ph.D.,1 and STUART W. JAMIESON, M.B., F.R.C.S.5 Description: This pilot study investigated the hemodynamics of a yogic breathing technique claimed “to help eliminate and prevent heart attacks due to abnormal electrical events to the heart,” and to generally. | Download |
| 47 | Title: Efficacy of Yoga vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Stress Education for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder A Randomized Clinical Trial Author: NaomiM.Simon,MD,MSc;StefanG.Hofmann,PhD;DavidRosenfield,PhD;SusanneS.Hoeppner,PhD; Elizabeth A. Hoge, MD;EricBui,MD;SatBirS.Khalsa,PhD Description: IMPORTANCE Generalized anxiety disorder(GAD)is common, impairing, and under treated. Although many patients with GAD seek complementary and alternative interventions, including yoga, data supporting yoga’s efficacy or how it compares to first-line treatments are lacking. | Download |
| 48 | Title: Effect of Breathwalk on body composition, metabolic and mood state in chronic hepatitis C patients with insulin resistance syndrome Author: M Vázquez-Vandyck, S Roman, JL Vázquez, L Huacuja, G Khalsa, R Troyo-Sanromán, A Panduro Description:AIM: To identify the anthropometric, metabolic and mood state in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients from the west of Mexico and to evaluate the effect of Breathwalk (BW), a combination of walking, synchronized breathing and focussed attention, on those patients. | Download |
| 49 | Title: Effects of yoga in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation – a randomized controlled study Author:Maria Wahlstrom1,3, Monica Rydell Karlsson1,3, Jörgen Medin2,3 and Viveka Frykman1,2 Description: Background: Patients with atrial fibrillation often have an impaired quality of life (QoL). Practising yoga may decrease stress and have positive effects on mental and physical health. | Download |
| 50 | Title: Cerebral blood flow changes associated with different meditation practices and perceived depth of meditation Author: Danny J.J. Wanga, Hengyi Raob,c, Marc Korczykowskib,c, Nancy Wintering d, John Plutab,e, Dharma Singh Khalsaf, Andrew B. Newbergg,⁎ Description:Our goal in this study was to advance the understanding of the neural pathways of meditation by addressing the cerebral blood flow (CBF) responses associated with two different meditation practices performed by the same individuals. | Download |
| 51 | Title: Kundalini Yoga y desarrollo humano. Unproceso y un encuentro bio-psico-socio trascendente Author: Barba-Rubalcava, María T. Description:Nuestro acontecer cotidiano está lleno de cambios, es parte de la vida diaria y asimismo del mundo que está en continuo movimiento. Vamos optando por personas, por situaciones, por cosas, realizando acciones y asumiendo actitudes para crecer en medio de esta crisis. | Download |
| 52 | Title: YOGA Y MINDFULNESS: UNA ALTERNATIVA PARA EL DESARROLLO SOCIOEMOCIONAL EN NIÑOS DE PREESCOLAR DE 3 A 6 AÑOS Author:Nombre alumno(s): Catalina Briano Correa Tatiana Jara Braga Macarena Sobral Valenzuela Mariajosé Wevar Bascuñán Profesor Guía: Ana Luisa Muñoz García, Ph. D. Description:La siguiente investigación trata de un análisis descriptivo, acerca de la utilización de las disciplinas de Yoga Kundalini infantil y Mindfulness infantil, dentro de dos establecimientos educacionales, particularmente en niños y niñas de nivel preescolar de 3 a 6 años, la cual fue realizada mediante 12 entrevistas a diferentes participantes del ámbito educacional, del ámbito del Yoga Kundalini infantil y del ámbito del Mindfulness. | Download |
| 53 | Title: LEARNING IN SMALL MOMENTS – THE EFFECTS OF THE PRACTICE OF KUNDALINI YOGA ON MIDDLE YEARS STUDENTS IN AN URBAN SCHOOL Author: Christine M. Charbonneau Description:This study investigates the relationship between the practice of Kundalini yoga and the development of interpersonal and intrapersonal awareness in Middle Years students. Secondary aims were to provide reflection time for students in their school day and to find out whether the participants were better able to cope with stress. | Download |
| 54 | Title: MEMORIA DE INVESTIGACIÓN PARA OPTAR AL TÍTULO DE PSICÓLOGA Author:Profesora Guía y Patrocinante: Mg.Ps. Leonor Villacura Avendaño Metodóloga: Prof. Ilse López Bravo Description:This study seeks to know and describe the experience of women diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa on the practice of kundalini yoga and the possible effects on self-esteem. An intervention of eight classes of kundalini yoga, with a sample of nine participants, was performed. | Download |
| 55 | Title: “TUNING-IN” TO KUNDALINI YOGA: PHYSIO-SONIC EXPERIENCES IN A PITTSBURGH YOGA STUDIO Author:Alison Decker, M.A. Description:I was drawn to Kundalini Yoga in Pittsburgh because participants play an important role in creating the soundscapes of each class with their breath and their voices. While breathing is an element of yoga practice which is emphasized in other yoga forms such as Ashtanga or Hatha Yoga, 1 the use of the voice assumes a central position in Kundalini Yoga. | Download |
| 56 | Title: Graceful women: An ethnographic account of women’s experience in the Healthy-Happy-Holy-Organization, and of the interplay of socio-cultural tensions, organization-building and selfhood in one of the new religionb Author:Elsberg, Constance Waeber, Ph.D. Description: Title of Dissertation: Graceful Women: An Ethnographic Account of Women's Experience in the Healthy-Happy-Holy Organization, and of the Interplay of Soclo-Cultural Tensions, Organization-Building and Selfhood in One of the New Religions Constance Waeber Elsberg, Doctor of Philosophy, | Download |
| 57 | Title: Moving Through Trauma: Kundalini Yoga as Adjunctive Therapy for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Author: Lauren Fleming Description:Moving Through Trauma: Kundalini Yoga as Adjunctive Therapy for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence by Lauren Fleming Intimate partner violence impacts all aspects of a woman’s being. This abuse often leads to symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and complex trauma. These symptoms can effect either overarousal or underarousal of the nervous system. | Download |
| 58 | Title: University Micrdrilms International ASHRAM (SIKH) COMMUNITIES AND SELF -ACTUALIZATION Author: GELLER» JEAN HARRY ASHRAM (SIKH) COMMUNITIES AND SELF-ACTUALIZATION Jean Harry Geller San Diego. Description: The researcher wishes to express a special thanks to Dr. Dorothy L. Harris, dissertation committee chairperson, for her guidance, intellectual provocativeness, and sympathetic support; and to Dr. W. Ray Rucker and Dr. Nelson L. Kelley, dissertation committee members. | Download |
| 59 | Title: BEYOND ADDICTION: KUNDALINI YOGA AND MINDFULNESS MEDITATION FOR RECOVERY FROM OPIOID DEPENDENCE Author:Wendy A. Harris, M.A., M.S.S. Description:Opioid dependence has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and has been attributed to the abuse of prescription pain relievers. To better understand and create effective interventions for individuals seeking recovery from their dependence on drugs, the underlying neurobiological and psychological mechanisms of addiction were explored and described in a critical literature review. | Download |
| 60 | Title: EXPLORATIONS OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE: A YOGA INTERVENTION FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS Author: Farah Jindani Description:Post-traumatic stress is a highly prevalent mental health condition. Mind-body interventions like yoga are increasingly being utilized in the treatment of PTS, but further research is needed to assess its effectiveness. | Download |
| 61 | Title: Der Einfluss von Kundalini Yoga auf Patienten mit Alkoholabhängigkeit in stationärer Entzugsbehandlung Author: Erstgutacher: Prof. Dr. habil. Tilo Strobach Zweitgutacher:Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schnell Vorgelegt am: Description:Schätzungsweise 1,7 Millionen Deutsche sind alkoholabhängig. Eine entsprechende Therapie ist meist langwierig und geprägt von zahlreichen Rückfällen. Aufgrund bisheriger Erkenntnisse über die positiven Effekte von Yoga auf Wohlbefinden. | Download |
| 62 | Title: EFFECTS OF YOGA-THERAPY ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION, SELF-CONCEPT, AND EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT Author: Stephen Jeffrey Johnson Description: The Yoga system of health has been practiced by the yogis in India for thousands of years. Yogi Vithaldas (date unobtainable) stresses that even though Yoga's roots are deeply buried in the past, its message is addressed no less importantly to the people of today living in the restless atmosphere of the modern world. | Download |
| 63 | Title: ANXIETY, DRUG CONSUMPTION, AND PERSONALITY CORRELATES OF YOGA AND PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION Author: Eric Mitchell Johnson Description: This research was made possible by the willingness of the 3HO Foundation and its founder, Yogi Bajan, to open the doors of its ashrams so that others may learn about Kundalini Yoga. | Download |
| 64 | Title: EDUCATION OP THE SPIRIT The Dynamics Underlying Personal and Spiritual Growth in a Spiritual Commune Author:Gurushabd Singh Josephs Description:EK ONG KAR SAT NAM SIRI WHA GURU! There is one Creator who created this creation; Truth is His name, and great beyond all words is His wisdom! The following is a documentation of a lifestyle and not an attempt to proselytize. Implicit in this documentation are assumptions that may or may not be held by the reader. | Download |
| 65 | Title: Stretching the peace - The role of Kundalini yoga in lives of youth in a township of Alexandra, South Africa Author: Sauli Kahkonen Description:This thesis would have not been possible without support from several people. First, I would like to express my gratitude to Marianne Felix, Yoga4Alex, and all the yogis who took part in this research. | Download |
| 66 | Title: Changes in Cortical Hemishperic Dominance with KUndalini Yogic Breathing Techniques Author:Manjit Kaur K.."'1alsa Description: Evidence from neurological and psychological studies indicates that the two cerebral hemispheres of the human brain serve two different and a~etric functions (Sperry, 19641 Ornstein, 1972). | Download |
| 67 | Title: 3HO/Sikh Dharma: A Descriptive Stutiy Author:Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, M.A., M.F.C.C. Description: This paper explores in detail one meditative lifestyle called, for the purposes of this study, 3HO/Sikh Dharma. This isa descriptive study in many senses of_the_ word. It describes the philosophy, the techniques and the lifestyle. | Download |
| 68 | Title: Effects of Two Types of Meditation on Self-Esteem of Introverts and Extraverts Author: Sat-Kaur Khalsa Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate and determine the short-term effects of two types of meditation (concentrative and mindfulness) on selfesteem as measured by the total scores of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale(TSCS). | Download |
| 69 | Title: The Effects of Two Types of Meditation Techniques on Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Persons in CDC Stages II and III of HIV Disease Author: Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, PhD Description:The purpose of this study was to investigate the short-term effects of two types of meditation, concentrative and mindfulness, on general, social and health behavior self-efficacy in men in CDC stages II and III of HIV disease. | Download |
| 70 | Title: JOURNEY INTO SPIRITUAL MATURITY: A THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF TRANSPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Author: Sat Puran Singh Khalsa Description:The study of individual development as it reaches beyond ego identification and enters into mystical states poses a unique challenge for psychological research. Because developmental changes become less externally observable in higher, mature stages, research must often rely on reports of subjective experience. | Download |
| 71 | Title: THE EFFECT OF MEDITATION ON AWARENESS AND REGULATION OF INTERNAL BODY STATES Author: Sahib Singh Khalsa Description:Meditation is a form of mental training that has been practiced for thousands of years, and that can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and attentional regulatory training regimens developed for various ends, including the cultivation of wellbeing and emotional balance (Davidson et al., 1976; Ekman, 2005; Lutz, 2007). | Download |
| 72 | Title: Defining Sikhism: Boundaries of Religion and Ethnicity Among Sikhs in the United States Author: Simranjit Khalsa Description:U.S. immigration has brought rising numbers of non-western religious practitioners whose religious and ethnic identities are linked, and there has been a concurrent rise in white Americans converting to these faiths. | Download |
| 73 | Title: Mental hälsa: den upplevda effekten av kundaliniyoga hos fem utövare inom primärvården Author: Magdalena A. Korek Description: Antalet stress-relaterade diagnoser ökar i samhället samtidigt som fler personer söker hjälp för stress-relaterade symptom inom primärvården. Primärvården erbjuder olika behandlingsformer för stress-relaterad problematik. | Download |
| 74 | Title: Kundalini yoga as a support therapy for cancer patients Author: KRÖNECK, MIA Description:This study was designed to describe cancer patient’s experience of kundalini yoga and its effect on their internal coping resources. The intention of this study is to put forward kundalini yoga as a support therapy for cancer patients for improving their wellbeing during active cancer treatment. | Download |
| 75 | Title: 3HO IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE A Study of Experiences in the Healthy, Happy and Holy Organization (3HO). Author: Juan Francisco Lafontaine Description:The Healthy, Happy and Holy Organization, also known as 3HO, is a New Religious Movement founded by the Indian Sikh and Yogi Harbhajan Singh Puri AKA “Yogi Bhajan” (1929-2004) to spread his teachings and build a community in the West. | Download |
| 76 | Title: Autobiography of a Schism Author: James R. Lewis Description: In my youth, I was a member of Yogi Bhajan’s Healthy Happy Holy Organisation (3HO), a new religious movement that blends kundalini yoga with Sikhism. In the process of leaving that organisation. | Download |
| 77 | Title: A YOGIC PATH TO PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION Author: Pamela L. McRae Description:This study explored how and to what extent yogic philosophy and the practice of Kundalini Yoga could be a catalyst for personal transformation without a traumatic event or an epiphany being the motivating factor. | Download |
| 78 | Title: Toroidal Dance A Yogic Perspective of Choreography, Transdisciplinarity, and Dance Dramaturgy Author: Vivian Medina Description:Positioning my thesis as a transdisciplinary weave, this thesis analyses some of the contributions yogic science can bring to the creative/choreographic field and how specific yogic concepts can be creatively translated and explored in choreographic practice. | Download |
| 79 | Title: Trauma Survivors’ Experiences of Kundalini Yoga in Fostering Post-Traumatic Growth Author: Karlita Morrison Description: The prevalence of potential traumatic events in South Africa has been found to be eminently high (de la Porte & Davids, 2016). This is due to a history of political violence and an ongoing tendency of interpersonal, community-based, socio-economic violence (Atwoli etal., 2013). | Download |
| 80 | Title: TRAUMA TO DHARMA: THE JOURNEY HOME A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE PRACTICE OF KUNDALINI YOGA AS TAUGHT BY YOGI BHAJAN Author: AZITA ESTHER NAHAI Description:This phenomenological study highlights the importance of the use of the spiritual somatic practice of Kundalini Yoga in actively and consciously healing our bodies, clearing our minds, and reconnecting us to our spirits, thereby empowering ourselves to transform our lives. | Download |
| 81 | Title: Building Spiritual Capital: The Effects of Kundalini Yoga on Adolescent Stress, Emotional Affect, and Resilience Author: Meliné Sadanand Ghazar Sarkissian Description:In order to integrate a mind, body, spirit approach in school settings, yoga programming such as Y.O.G.A. for Youth was introduced to one public and two charter schools in Los Angeles area urban neighborhoods. | Download |
| 82 | Title: The Effects ofKundalini Yoga on Sleep Disturbance Author: Sabina Sehgal, M.A. Description:Many people have difficulty sleeping. A I995 survey by Gallop found that 49% ofadults were dissatisfied with their sleep at least 5 times per month. It has been estimated that 10% to 40% ofadults in America have intermittent insomnia; whilel0% to 15% have long term sleep difficulties. | Download |
| 83 | Title: How can we explore the connection of Sound with the Experience of Religion? Author: Paolina Marielle Siqueira-Koo Description:The relatedness of music and religion is regarded with enough frequency in both popular and scholarly discourse so as to be readily dismissed without much intensive consideration towards a second-thought. | Download |
| 84 | Title: Sacred Healing: The Transformative Effects of Integrating Yoga with Psychotherapy Author: Rosemary Taurasi Description: This study was a preliminary exploration of the transformational effects of integrating Yoga with psychotherapy. It suggested that as an adjunct to psychotherapy, Yoga can deepen healing, enhance growth, and affect transformation in the practitioner, and that further research in this area is warranted. | Download |
| 85 | Title: TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF KUNDALINI YOGA, MEDITATION & MANTRA: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN KUNDALINI YOGIC PHILOSOPHY AND THE DEPTH PSYCHOLOGICAL TRADITION Author: KELLEY M. VANDEWALLE Description:The purpose of Kundalini yoga is to raise consciousness, to awaken the Kundalini, or serpent energy of the lowest chakra, for the purpose of increasing awareness (Bhajan, 1977, 1997, 2003; Khalsa, 2009a). | Download |
| 86 | Title: “EFECTO DE PRÁCTICA DE KUNDALINI YOGA SOBRE NIVELES DE IGA SECRETORA ORAL ENTRE ASISTENTES A LAS CLASES DE LA FACULTAD DE ODONTOLOGÍA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE.” Author: Simone Fabio Vásquez Cortés Description:El estrés se define como un conjunto de respuestas fisiológicas desencadenadas frente a una demanda real o percibida del ambiente, ésta respuesta, está formada por el eje Hipotálamo-Hipófisis-Adrenal y la rama simpática del Sistema Nervioso Autónomo. | Download |
| 87 | Title: The Effects of a Yogic Breath Meditation Intervention on Attention Control and other Domains of Self-Control Author: Patricia Voege Description:This study examined the effects of a 4-week yogic breath meditation intervention on physiological (blood glucose and cardiovascular) and psychological measures of self-control, particularly attention control via performance on the Stroop cognitive task. We recruited healthy participants from the University of California. | Download |
| 88 | Title: The effects of Kundalini Yoga and desensitization on speaking anxiety Author: Rama Kirn Kaur Khalsa Description:The construct of anxiety has been divided into state and trait components (Spielberger, 1970; Martens,1971). Trait anxiety is viewed as a stable personality characteristic. This characteristic is defined as a atent disposition for a reaction of a certain type to occur if triggered by appropriate, sufficiently stressful stimuli. State anxiety conversely is viewed as the transitory state of an organism and is frequently described as "stress". | Download |