scholarly journals SAÚDE NA ESCOLA: A INSERÇÃO DO KUNDALINI YOGA COMO PRÁTICA DE CUIDADO

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuela Fernandes ◽  
Gustav Oscar Dumke ◽  
Luciana Maria Mazon ◽  
Bruna Pescador Mendonça
Keyword(s):  
Kundalini Yoga

Objetivo: avaliar os efeitos da prática de Kundalini Yoga na saúde mental de estudantes e servidores de uma instituição pública de ensino. Método: trata-se de uma pesquisa-ação, desenvolvida em quatro fases: exploratória, planejamento da ação, ação e avaliação. Resultados: observou-se que a prática de yoga contribuiu para a redução dos escores de depressão, ansiedade, estresse e insônia, avaliadas pelas escalas de Estresse Percebido, Índice de Gravidade de Insônia e Escala de Depressão, Ansiedade e Estresse. Em análise qualitativa, os sujeitos relataram benefícios da pratica de yoga na aprendizagem, saúde mental e condicionamento físico. Conclusão: os dados obtidos neste estudo, apoiados em trabalhos anteriores, indicam que a prática de yoga no ambiente escolar pode ser um contributo ao cuidado, saúde e bem estar dos estudantes, professores e demais servidores.

Kundalini Yoga and the Treatment of Sleep Disturbance and Insomnia

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Sehgal ◽  
Melanie A. Greenberg ◽  
Richard Gevirtz
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Kundalini Yoga

The Alchemical Body of Carl Jung

2021 ◽  
pp. 164-191
Author(s):  
Simon Cox
Keyword(s):  
Substance P ◽  
Carl Jung ◽  
Active Imagination ◽  
Kundalini Yoga ◽  
Subtle Body ◽  
Dream Analysis ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
Body Concept ◽  
Quantum Revolution ◽  
Eastern Traditions

This chapter traces the subtle body concept through the work of Carl Jung, who is introduced to the idea by G. R. S. Mead’s theosophical books. After tracing Jung’s early engagement with the Orient, the chapter moves to an analysis of the subtle body concept in his work, specifically in his engagements with Eastern traditions: Daoism, Kundalini Yoga, and Tibetan Bardo Yoga. After examining Jung’s use of the subtle body concept in his translation-commentaries on Eastern texts, the chapter turns to how Jung incorporates the concept into his own psychology of individuation based on the techniques of active imagination and dream analysis. The chapter turns to Jung’s seminars on Nietzsche, where he presents the subtle body concept with a unique dose of critical reflexivity and Kantian rigor. It ends with Jung’s late-life speculation about a future where, following the quantum revolution and spitting of the atom, humans evolve into subtle body–dwelling creatures who occupy a world of psychical substance.

scholarly journals Modern Transformations of sādhanā as Art, Study, and Awareness: Religious Experience and Hindu Tantric Practice

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Jeffrey C. Ruff
Keyword(s):  
Religious Experience ◽  
Artistic Expression ◽  
Direct Transmission ◽  
Direct Experience ◽  
Kundalini Yoga ◽  
The Awakening ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Tantric Practice

“My first raising of the kuṇḍalinī was hearing Ma [her teacher] speak about art.” The experience of the awakening of śakti within practitioners in contemporary cultures occurs both in traditional religious settings and within novel circumstances. Traditional situations include direct transmission from a guru (śaktipāta), self-awakening through the practice of kuṇḍalinī-yoga or haṭhayoga, and direct acts of grace (anugraha) from the goddess or god. There are also novel expressions in hybrid religious-cultural experiences wherein artists, dancers, and musicians describe their arts explicitly in terms of faith/devotion (śraddhā, bhakti, etc.) and practice (sādhanā). They also describe direct experience of grace from the goddess or describe their ostensibly secular teachers as gurus. In contemporary experience, art becomes sādhanā and sādhanā becomes art. Creativity and artistic expression work as modern transformations of traditional religious experience. This development, while moving away from traditional ritual and practice, does have recognizable grounding within many tantric traditions, especially among the high tantra of the Kashmiri Śaiva exegetes.

scholarly journals A randomized controlled trial of Kundalini yoga in mild cognitive impairment

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harris A. Eyre ◽  
Prabha Siddarth ◽  
Bianca Acevedo ◽  
Kathleen Van Dyk ◽  
Pattharee Paholpak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Kundalini Yoga ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Baseline Group

ABSTRACTBackground:Global population aging will result in increasing rates of cognitive decline and dementia. Thus, effective, low-cost, and low side-effect interventions for the treatment and prevention of cognitive decline are urgently needed. Our study is the first to investigate the effects of Kundalini yoga (KY) training on mild cognitive impairment (MCI).Methods:Older participants (≥55 years of age) with MCI were randomized to either a 12-week KY intervention or memory enhancement training (MET; gold-standard, active control). Cognitive (i.e. memory and executive functioning) and mood (i.e. depression, apathy, and resilience) assessments were administered at baseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks.Results:At baseline, 81 participants had no significant baseline group differences in clinical or demographic characteristics. At 12 weeks and 24 weeks, both KY and MET groups showed significant improvement in memory; however, only KY showed significant improvement in executive functioning. Only the KY group showed significant improvement in depressive symptoms and resilience at week 12.Conclusion:KY group showed short- and long-term improvements in executive functioning as compared to MET, and broader effects on depressed mood and resilience. This observation should be confirmed in future clinical trials of yoga intervention for treatment and prevention of cognitive decline (NCT01983930).

Light, Mantra, and Healing

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Swami Sivananda Radha ◽  
Swami Gopalananda
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Conscious Mind ◽  
Kundalini Yoga

Although we live in a century of great technological advancement, our knowledge about the body is still in its infancy. We see the body largely as a mechanical instrument, which to some extent is true, when you think of the repairs that now can be made: artificial steel hips, bonding plastic to bones, and many more modern techniques. But let us assume that the body is more than just a mechanical, technical instrument. Let us assume there is wisdom in the cells, a wisdom to which the conscious mind apparently has no access. In the teachings of Kundalini-Yoga we speak of a body-mind, which means a consciousness that is in all the cells of the body. We know that bones can heal. Obviously, the skin and muscles can heal. And we know that cells grow.

Effects of a Kundalini Yoga Program on Elementary and Middle School Studentsʼ Stress, Affect, and Resilience

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meliné Sarkissian ◽  
Natalie L. Trent ◽  
Karen Huchting ◽  
Sat Bir Singh Khalsa
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Kundalini Yoga ◽  
Elementary And Middle School

Kundalini Yoga for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: An Exploration of Treatment Efficacy and Possible Mechanisms

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Gabriel ◽  
Joshua Curtiss ◽  
Stefan G. Hofmann ◽  
Sat Bir S. Khalsa
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Treatment As Usual ◽  
Usual Condition ◽  
Kundalini Yoga ◽  
Secondary Objective ◽  
Cognitive Techniques ◽  
Treatment Mechanisms

Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of Kundalini Yoga in reducing symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) compared to a common treatment-as-usual condition using cognitive techniques. A secondary objective was to explore potential treatment mechanisms. Females aged 24 to 75 years with GAD (n = 49) received either an 8-week Kundalini Yoga intervention (n = 34) or an 8-week treatment-as-usual condition (n = 15). The yoga condition resulted in lower levels of anxiety relative to the treatment-as-usual condition. Furthermore, changes in somatic symptoms mediated treatment outcome for Kundalini Yoga. Kundalini Yoga may show promise as a treatment for GAD, and this treatment might convey its effect on symptom severity by reducing somatic symptoms.

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