Yoga and Meditation

Past and Present Evidence
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-77491-835-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

This new book provides a holistic insight into the perennial bliss of practicing yoga on body, mind, and spirit, highlighting ways to achieve optimum mental and spiritual health. The book begins by exploring the benefits of practicing yoga on social life and humanity, discussing the impact of yoga on socioemotional development and focusing on ideas of happiness. It covers certain yogic postures that help to sustain health and enhance the level of happiness in life. It looks at the benefits of yoga and mindfulness practices for specific health issues, such as polycystic ovarian syndrome and diabetes. It also considers the beneficial impact of yoga, meditation practices, and ayurvedic herbs on the improvement of brain power of children, for enhancing the quality of life of adolescents, for arresting cognitive impairment and promoting well-being among institutionalized seniors, and more.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mohanty, Sachi Nandan

Pradhan, Rabindra Kumar

Priyadarshini, Sugyanta

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Fitness, Freizeitsport, Gesundheitssport

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Yoga: Legacy Illuminates the Future 2. Impact of Yoga on Social Life and Humanity 3. Well-Being and Quality of Life Through Yoga: Rethinking Our Notions of Happiness 4. Effect of Yoga and Meditation on "Quality of Life": Comparison among People Who Practice and Those Who Don't 5. Mental Component Study to Ensure Sustainable Health Through Quality of Life of Participants in Challenging Situations of the 21st Century 6. Female Adolescents Are a Step Ahead of Male Adolescents in Decision-Making via Yoga-Cultivated Attentiveness: Pedagogy Interventions in Indian Settings 7. Impact of Yoga and Meditation with Mudras in Building Quality of Life 8. Managing Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome through Suryanamaskar 9. Statistically Examining the Effect of Herbal and Spiritual Environment on Various Dimensions of Adolescents Fitness Post-Covid Effects 10. Statistical Surveillance on Effect of Ayurvedic Herbs on Improvement in the Brain Power of Children 11. Yoga as a Protective Factor for Arresting Cognitive Impairment and Promoting Well-Being Among Institutionalized Seniors 12. Yoga and Mindfulness: A Positive Health Framework 13. Yoga for the Management of Diabetes

Über Autor(innen)

Sachi Nandan Mohanty, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Vellore Institute of Technology, India. Included on the list of the Top 2% World Scientists Ranking by Stanford University and Elsevier (2022 and 2023), he has published over 50 books and 120 papers in international journals. He has received many international and national awards, including fellowships, funding for travel, and best paper awards. He has been the general chair of two international conferences and is editor in chief of the international journal EAI Endorsed Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Machine.

Rabindra Kumar Pradhan, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology and Human Resources at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. With more than 22 years in research and teaching, he has completed over 20 major research projects and has supervised PhD research theses and masters-level dissertations. He has published five books, over 25 book chapters, and more than 80 research papers. He has trained thousands of executives at different levels in diverse organizations, such as Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel; teachers from schools and faculties at colleges, institutes, and universities; managers from industry; and professionals from NGOs and other service sectors in various aspects of human and organization development.

Sugyanta Priyadarshini, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Economics and Commerce at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, India. She has published research articles in journals and authored book chapters. She has participated in many international and national conferences and has been a moderator for several workshops and seminars. Recently, she has focused her interest in spiritual interventions for stress management. She is a regular reviewer for several journals and has received several best paper awards at international conferences.