Abhyanga : Different contemporary massage technique and its importance in Ayurveda

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaushal Kumar Sinha ◽  
B. A. Lohith ◽  
M. Kumar Ashvini
Keyword(s):  
Life Style ◽  
The Body ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Therapeutic Procedures ◽  
Long Life ◽  
The Senses ◽  
Head Neck ◽  
Full Body

Ayurveda is a ‘science of life’ which provides not only curative but also preventive principles for healthy and long life. Ayurveda is a life style, a science and an art of appropriate living that ensures health and longevity of human being. Abhyanga (oil massage) which is one among the Dinacharya, is also a part of pre therapeutic procedures of Panchakarma. Abhyanga is to be considered in Snehana therapy. As it nourishes the senses of mind and gives the strength. but if done in any region like localised in head, neck, legs etc then it is termed as Shiroabhyanga, Padabhyanga etc. Full body massage gives strength to whole body but localised massage gives strength to that particular part of the body. Localised massage can be practised by oneself. Thus it is easy to practise. But for Abhyanga one need to be dependent on massage trainer. The instructions to be followed under localised massage also. It gives its benefits; when it is done in right manner only.

scholarly journals The importance of Abhyanga in Dincharya in present era: A literary review.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (07) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganesh Shantaram Puradakar ◽  
Arun Shankarrao Dudhamal ◽  
Disha Sharma
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
Therapeutic Procedures ◽  
Long Life ◽  
The Senses ◽  
The Right ◽  
Head Neck ◽  
Full Body

Ayurveda is a ‘science of life” which provides not only curative but also preventive principles for healthy and long life. Ayurveda is a lifestyle; a science and art of appropriate living that ensures health and longevity of human being. Abhyanga which is one among the Dincharya, is also a part of therapeutic procedures of Panchakarma therapy. As it nourishes the senses of mind and gives the strength, but if done in the region like localized in head, neck, legs etc then it is termed as  Shiroabhyanga, padaabhyanga etc. Full body massage gives strength to whole body but localized massage gives strength to that particular part of the body. Localized massage can be practiced by self. Thus it is easy to practice. But for abhyanga one need to be dependent in massage trainer. The instructions to be followed under localized massage also. It gives its benefits when it is done in the right manner only.

Quantifying Segmental Contributions to Center-of-Mass Motion During Dynamic Continuous Support Surface Perturbations Using Simplified Estimation Models

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-208
Author(s):  
Alison Schinkel-Ivy ◽  
Vicki Komisar ◽  
Carolyn A. Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Balance Control ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
The Body ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Mass Motion ◽  
Support Surface ◽  
Body Segments ◽  
Body Model ◽  
Full Body

Investigating balance reactions following continuous, multidirectional, support surface perturbations is essential for improving our understanding of balance control in moving environments. Segmental motions are often incorporated into rapid balance reactions following external perturbations to balance, although the effects of these motions during complex, continuous perturbations have not been assessed. This study aimed to quantify the contributions of body segments (ie, trunk, head, upper extremity, and lower extremity) to the control of center-of-mass (COM) movement during continuous, multidirectional, support surface perturbations. Three-dimensional, whole-body kinematics were captured while 10 participants experienced 5 minutes of perturbations. Anteroposterior, mediolateral, and vertical COM position and velocity were calculated using a full-body model and 7 models with reduced numbers of segments, which were compared with the full-body model. With removal of body segments, errors relative to the full-body model increased, while relationship strength decreased. The inclusion of body segments appeared to affect COM measures, particularly COM velocity. Findings suggest that the body segments may provide a means of improving the control of COM motion, primarily its velocity, during continuous, multidirectional perturbations, and constitute a step toward improving our understanding of how the limbs contribute to balance control in moving environments.

scholarly journals Filsafat Manusia dalam Bhagavad Gita

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Ni Wayan Sumertini
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Of Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Subtle Body ◽  
The Senses ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā ◽  
Visible Body

Humans want to know about the origin, fate, freedom, purpose of life, and the meaning of life. Human philosophy is an analysis of the discussion of the human self from a philosophical point of view. In Hinduism man is not only about the body, but also about the soul. In Hinduism, the body has a layer called <em>Tri Sarira</em>. <em>Tri Sarira</em> consists of <em>sthula sarira</em> (gross body), <em>Suksma Sarira</em> (subtle body), and <em>Antah Karana Sarira</em> (causative body). <em>Sthula Sarira</em> or gross body, is an observable and visible body that can directly interact with society and the environment. This gross body is formed by gross elements, which have visible and form. <em>Suksma Sarira</em> or subtle body is a body consisting of subtle elements, such as mind, intelligence, consciousness, divinity, and the faculties. <em>Antah Karana Sarira</em> or causative body, is the spirit or <em>ātma </em>which gives life to the body so that the body can carry out activities. Body and spirit need each other, the spirit needs the body for <em>karma</em>, while the body needs the spirit to live. The essence of human being born is to learn. Is one way of controlling the mind and focusing the mind on God so that the mind is not carried away by the senses which results in attachment. <em>Paramātm</em>a is the spirit that accompanies <em>ātma </em>in each of his incarnations, while <em>ātma</em> is the soul bound by <em>karma</em>.

Self-Knowledge, Self-Perception, and Perception of One’s Body in Stoicism

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-209
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Gourinat
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Body And Soul ◽  
Self Knowledge

While self-knowledge is usually considered to be knowledge of our soul by our soul, this is not the case in Stoicism. There is hardly a debate on self-knowledge in Stoicism, because there is no perception of myself as something different from my own body. The Stoics tend to identify the self with the ruling part of the soul, but they have no certain knowledge about it. Self-perception is the perception of the whole body and soul as a unity and of the parts of the body and the soul, and this allows a human being to rule his/her own body, but it is neither perception nor knowledge of the ‘self’. Since a human being is a complete mixture of a body and soul, it knows itself as an animated body, and this kind of knowledge is quite different from the form of self-knowledge involved in most of ancient philosophies.

scholarly journals Is This My Own Body? Changing the Perceptual and Affective Body Image Experience among College Students Using a New Virtual Reality Embodiment-Based Technique

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Porras Garcia ◽  
Marta Ferrer Garcia ◽  
Agata Olszewska ◽  
Lena Yilmaz ◽  
Cristina González Ibañez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Body Image Disturbances ◽  
Real Size ◽  
Affective Experiences ◽  
Full Body

Body image disturbances (BIDs) have been widely studied using virtual reality (VR) devices that induce a full body illusion (FBI) and allow manipulation of the individual’s perceptual and affective experiences of the body. This study aimed to assess whether the induction of the FBI over a virtual body would produce changes in body-related anxiety and BIDs using a new whole-body visuo-tactile stimulation procedure. Fifty non-clinical participants were randomly assigned to synchronous or asynchronous visuo-tactile groups. During the pre-assessment, all participants filled in BIDs and body-anxiety questionnaires. Then, they were embodied into two virtual bodies (VBs): firstly, with their real measurements, and secondly, with a larger-size body. Body image disturbances, body anxiety, fear of gaining weight, and FBI levels were assessed after exposure to each avatar. All participants in both conditions showed higher levels of BIDs and body anxiety after owning the larger-size VB than after owning the real-size VB (p < 0.05). The synchronous visuo-tactile group had higher scores, although the differences did not reach statistical significance. This study provides evidence of the usefulness of this new embodiment-based technique to induce changes in BIDs or body anxiety in a non-clinical sample, being suitable for use in future body image interventions.

scholarly journals 004.From molecules to mind: stress, allostasis and integration of brain and body

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
B. McEwen
Keyword(s):  
Life Style ◽  
Allostatic Load ◽  
The Body ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Physiological Systems

The mind involves the whole body and two-way communication between the brain and the cardiovascular, immune and other systems via neural and endocrine mechanisms. Stress is a condition of the mind and a factor in the expression of disease that differs among individuals. A broader view is that it is not just the dramatic stressful events that exact their toll but rather the many events of daily life that elevates activities of physiological systems so as to cause some measure of wear and tear. We call this wear and tear 'allostatic load', and it reflects not only the impact of life experiences but also genetic load' individual life-style habits reflecting items such as diet, exercise and substance abuse' and developmental experiences that set life-long patterns of behavior and physiological reactivity (1). Hormones associated with stress and allostatic load protect the body in the short-run and promote adaptation, but the long run allostatic load causes changes in the body that lead to disease. This will be illustrated for the immune system and brain regions involved in stress, fear and cognition (e.g. hippocampus, amygdala and prefrontal cortex). Besides developmental influences associated with mother–infant interactions, the most potent of stressors in adult life are those arising from competitive interactions between animals of the same species, leading to the formation of dominance hierarchies. Psychosocial stress of this type not only impairs cognitive function of lower ranking animals, but it can also promote disease (e.g. atherosclerosis) among those vying for the dominant position, as well as depressive illness. Social ordering in human society is also associated with gradients of disease, with an increasing frequency or mortality and morbidity as one descends the scale of socioeconomic status (SES) that reflects both income and education. Although the causes of these gradients of health are very complex, they are likely to reflect, with increasing frequency at the lower end of the scale, the cumulative burden of coping with limited resources and negative life events as well as differences in life style, and the allostatic load that this burden places on the physiological systems involved in adaptation and coping. (1) McEwen, B.S. (1998) Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators. New England J. Med. 238, 171–179.

scholarly journals Modern aspects of the diagnosis of severe combined trauma using computed tomography

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Petrikov ◽  
I. E. Popova ◽  
L. T. Khamidova ◽  
R. S. Muslimov ◽  
T. G. Barmina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
The Body ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Entire Volume ◽  
Traumatic Injuries ◽  
Modern Technique ◽  
Craniocerebral Injuries ◽  
Special Protocol ◽  
Full Body

Relevance. The variety of options for combining injuries and disorders occurring in the body with a combined injury, the need for rapid decision-making on treatment require rapid diagnosis of the entire volume of injuries and determining the severity of the injury, but there is still no single protocol for examining such victims. The aim of the work was to present a modern CT study protocol for patients with concomitant trauma.Materials and methods. The results of computed tomography of 30 patients with severe concomitant trauma were analyzed. All the victims were admitted in the first hours after the injury. Men were 30 (67 %), women – 10 (33 %), the average age was 41.3 ± 7.6 (22–79) years. Traditional multiphase full-body MSCT was performed in 20 patients, in 10 patients a special protocol was used for the study of the "whole body" by the method of divided bolus.The results of the study. Craniocerebral injuries were detected in 15 (50 %), spinal injuries – in 7 (23.3 %). Simultaneous injuries to the chest and abdomen were detected in 19 (63.3 %) of the victims. When subjectively evaluated, the quality of the images obtained using the full-body MSCT protocol with bolus separation and the standard multiphase protocol for the diagnosis of traumatic injuries was equivalent. The average radiation load per patient with traditional multiphase full-body MSCT is 66 % higher than with the split-bolus protocol.Conclusions. Full-body MSCT using a split bolus is a modern technique that fully meets the diagnostic conditions for severe combined trauma and, with a decrease in the radiation dose, allows you to determine all possible injuries in the victim in a single study. 

scholarly journals Are face masks a problem for emotion recognition? Not when the whole body is visible.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paddy Ross ◽  
Emily George
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
The Body ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Mask Condition ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Actual Performance ◽  
Confidence Levels ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Full Body

The rise of the novel COVID-19 virus has made face masks commonplace items around the globe. Recent research found that face masks significantly impair emotion recognition on isolated faces. However, faces are rarely seen in isolation and the body is also a key cue for emotional portrayal. Here, therefore, we investigated the impact of face masks on emotion recognition when surveying the full body. Stimuli expressing anger, happiness, sadness, and fear were selected from Van den Stock and de Gelder’s (2011) BEAST stimuli set. Masks were added to these images and participants were asked to recognise the emotion and give a confidence level for that decision for both the masked and unmasked stimuli. We found that whilst emotion recognition was generally impaired by face masks, this result was entirely driven by Happy stimuli, leading to the conclusion that contrary to some work viewing faces in isolation, face masks only appear to impair the recognition of happiness when the whole body is present. Contrary to actual performance, confidence levels were found to decline during the Mask condition across all emotional conditions. This research suggests that the impact of masks on emotion recognition may not be as pronounced as previously thought, as long as the whole body is also visible.

scholarly journals Veil, a Need of Human BIOS: Study beyond Religions

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Aftab Alam ◽  
Naseem Akhtar
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
The World ◽  
Output System ◽  
The Veil ◽  
The Times ◽  
Basic Input ◽  
Head Covering ◽  
Full Body

Generally, it is understood that religions are the basic foundations of women veil-acceptance and projection in present societies but the study of ancient communities beyond the birth of Semitic Religions evident that in approximately all parts of the globe, the women used to wear the full body covering dresses and somewhere face veil also. Due to attaining physical enchantment or necessity of climate, dresses or head covering were somewhat different but females were used the veil of body and face all the times. Human being, man and women, has a constant human BIOS (Basic Input & Output System). Human BIOS has fixed needs and defined actions which cannot be changed or corrupted due to diseases or accidents. Human BIOS consists on skill of speaking, hearing, smelling, seeing, eating, defending, making itself beautiful, saving body or self, covering the body and loving other sex. Human BIOS of women has some specific characteristics also like shyness, fear by exposing body and love for decorating her body. These characteristics of women BIOS urges and urged them to cover their bodies and heads with veil. This article consists of study of women practices of veiling in ancient communities, explanation of women BIOS, female natural urge for covering and decorating their bodies. All of this study is on humanitarian basis beyond the boundaries of religions. The article explained that philosophical pathology of veil elucidated the actual bases of veil adaptation among women. Of course World Major Religions depict a social phenomenon that there is no ban on women to use veil and additionally, religions advocate modest or full body covering dresses and presents veil of full body of women as a mark of honor, dignity and modesty among all communities of the world but the article revolves around the veil adaptation only by women BIOS sphere.

The Body in Illness and Health

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Health It ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Long Life ◽  
Ordinary Person

This chapter is on the Caraka Saṃhitā (1st–2nd century CE), focussing on The Ordinary Person, within the Section on Body. Here, the text steps back from actual medical issues to explore exactly who the human being is that is the subject of treatment. The text’s explicit objective is the healthy and long life, and while it strives to articulate the nature of illness and health, it perforce expresses what it is to be a (healthy or ill) person. Within that expression is contained a view of the human being as a bodily being. Such a bodily being is constituted ecologically, by a network of reflexive phenomenological states that occur across (i) a compositional material locus (the narrowly construed ‘body’), (ii) the clinical interaction of physician and patient (which are lines of intersubjective affect), and (iii) a normative social life of conduct (that influence the very constitution of the whole human).

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