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NEUROCOGNITIVE AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH KUMBHAKA

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Title NEUROCOGNITIVE AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH KUMBHAKA
YOGIC BREATH HOLDING
 
Contributor Manjunath Sharma N. K. and Raghavendra Bhat
 
Subject cardiac
heart
neurocognitive abilities
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL
UMBHAKA
Yoga
 
Description Präëäyäma is the 4th limb, among the practices of añöängayoga. It has been
newlinedescribed in the as cessation of breathing, in the aphorisms of the sage Patanjali
newline(Saraswati, 2011). The practice of präëäyäma involves modulation of breath and includes
newlinethree phases viz., püraka (inhalation), recaka (exhalation) and kumbhaka (holding of
newlinebreath) (Nagendra, 2007). The practice of Breath Holding (Kumbhaka) is considered as
newlinean essential part of the practice of präëäyäma. Although the effects of the practice of
newlinedifferent präëäyäma techniques have been studied, there is lack of clear understanding
newlineabout the effects of kumbhaka.
newlineThe traditional texts of yoga emphasize on the practice of intermittent breath
newlineholding, however, such practice has sought very limited scientific attention. The proposed
newlinemultiple health benefits of intermittent yogic breath holding include an increase in
newlinehemoglobin by increasing erythropoietin, increase in vascular endothelial growth factor
newlineleading to the formation of collaterals, reduction in blood pressure and resistance to
newlinecellular damage and thereby delayed ageing (Malshe, 2011). A study demonstrated
newlinereduced pulse rate and increased galvanic skin resistance, following alternate nostril
newlinebreathing (ANB) with intermittent breath holding (Turankar et al., 2013). Another study
newlinedemonstrated an increase in oxygen consumption while performing Ujjayi Pranayama
newlinewith breath holding for a short duration. In contrast, lowered oxygen consumption was
newlineobserved with prolonged breath holding (Telles and Desiraju, 1991). Since the practice of
newlineANB and Ujjayi Pranayama are found to influence the human physiology even without
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newlinethe practice of breath holding (Bhavanani, Ramanathan, Balaji, and Pushpa, 2014; Lee and
newlineGhiya, 2012; Mason et al., 2013), the effects of intermittent breath holding remain
newlineunclear.The present study is proposed to understand the immediate changes in the neurocognitive
newlineabilities and cardiac autonomic regulation following yogic breath holding
newline(YBH) in healthy volunteers.
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Date 2018-10-12T08:52:05Z
2018-10-12T08:52:05Z
PhD/Cat3/18/Jan12
2018
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Type Ph.D.
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/218460
 
Language English
 
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Rights university
 
Format 245 p.
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Publisher Bangalore
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Sansthana
Department of Yoga and Life Sciences
 
Source University