Intervention of Yoga in Stress, Anxiety and Depression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Nanthakumar
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Complementary Therapy ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Home Practice ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ancient Science ◽  
The World ◽  
Managing Stress

Yoga is not only an art but also an ancient science that evolved more than 5000 years ago. It is practised by people from all walks of life in almost every part of the world. In the past, the practice, which was seen to be spiritual and divine, used to be confined to smaller groups of individuals who were seeking moksha or liberation; however, the trend has transformed over the decades. Today, there are so many yoga studios worldwide, and this has made it easy for yoga enthusiasts. This chapter investigates the effectiveness of yoga not only as a complementary therapy but also as a viable option in the management of stress, anxiety and depression. Articles were retrieved using PubMed, MEDLINE and PsychInfo databases. The findings reveal that the practice of yoga as a complementary therapy and stand-alone therapy is effective in managing stress, anxiety and depression. However, further research is needed as all the studies reviewed were limited in terms of heterogeneity, sample size, intervention styles, frequency and duration of practice, and also teaching methods. The chapter concludes with suggestions for home practice.

Yoga for anxiety and depression – a literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
Chandra Nanthakumar
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Complementary Therapy ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Sample Heterogeneity ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of classical yoga not only as a complementary therapy but also as a viable option in the management of anxiety and depression. Design/methodology/approach Papers were retrieved using a combination of databases including PubMed/MEDLINE and PsycINFO. Findings The findings revealed that the practice of yoga as complementary therapy and also as a stand-alone therapy is effective in managing and reducing anxiety and depression. Research limitations/implications All the studies reviewed in this paper were methodologically limited in terms of sample size, sample heterogeneity, yoga intervention styles, duration of practice and teaching methods. Further research is needed to address key areas such as how much yoga is needed per week, duration of each class and specifically the types of asanas and pranayama to practise to bring about change in the anxiety and depressive states. Practical implications This review has provided substantial insight to yoga as a complementary and/or stand-alone therapy for anxiety and depression which is much needed in this contemporary society. The Malaysian community especially teenagers and adults, should consider incorporating yoga as part of their daily routine to experience and reap its benefits. It is suggested that yoga be included as part of the physical education curriculum in learning institutions and as a recreational activity for staff in public and private organisations. Originality/value The findings of this review provide an avenue for victims to cope with and manage anxiety and depression through the practice of yoga.

scholarly journals A comparative analysis between liberal democracy and the China and Vietnam model’s voting system

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tung Manh Ho
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
The Past ◽  
System P ◽  
The World ◽  
Voting System ◽  
The One

The current rise of populism in many democracies all over the world has raised questions about the ability of the “one person, one vote” system to produce the most competent leaders. Though the rise of populism is a recent phenomenon, many philosophers and political scientists in the past have questioned the wisdom of “one person, one vote” and proposed the alternative. In this paper, some of the arguments against liberal democracy’s voting system will be explored, followed by the model of China and Vietnam for choosing political leaders. These two countries, known for the ability to maintain an impressive level of economic growth consistently, can be argued to present an alternative to the liberal democracy's way. Whether the China (Vietnam) model is a viable option is an issue worthwhile of ethical consideration.

Newness and human disclosure in Dewey and Arendt: Challenging neoliberal educational agenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasco d’Agnese
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
New Birth ◽  
The World ◽  
Schooling Practices ◽  
Educational Agenda

Over the past decades, a neoliberal shift in educational policies has affected educational purposes and schooling practices worldwide and has reframed all of the features of education. From curriculum to teaching methods, from families and students’ perceptions regarding what is worthwhile and what is not to teachers’ professionalism, all aspects of education have been, de facto, deeply transformed by the neoliberal agenda for education. This paper draws on Dewey and Arendt to explore the interplay between the Deweyan call for “a new birth in the world” and the Arendtian questions of “new beginning” and “natality.” It is my contention that such an interplay may furnish a cue for a different conception of education and schooling. In this conception, under the regulation of teachers, the space of not-yet—that is, the space of pure potentiality for growth—may emerge in classroom activities, and new forms of meanings may arise.

scholarly journals Editorial

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTIN FAUTLEY ◽  
REGINA MURPHY
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
National Systems ◽  
Looking Back

Looking back to the editorial in the very first edition of BJME, back in 1984, there are a number of striking resonances which belie the thirty years which have passed since Volume 1, Issue 1. Take this paragraph as an example: Many problems in music education are the result of the insularity of our practice. In Britain music teachers are often hesitant about sharing their ideas. Then again, the roots of our teaching methods reach back far into the past, so that we tend to function on the basis of precedent; we do things because they have always been done, and only rarely perhaps do we make the effort to reflect upon what is done. Now, perhaps because of economic restraints, we are becoming more aware of the need to justify the place of our subject in the educational curriculum and the need to examine closely the reasoning behind our teaching methods. (Paynter & Swanwick, 1984) So much remains the same, yet at the same time the music education landscape is entirely different from then! In the UK since that editorial was written we have had, inter alia, new examinations at 16+, a National Curriculum (in a number of very different versions), changes in governance of schools, an entirely different financial scene for schools, the establishment of music hubs, changed relationships for music services with pupils and schools, a diminishing role for Local Authorities, the establishment of new types of schools – Free Schools and Academies, the removal of the requirements for teachers to hold a teaching qualification, and the shifting of teacher training out of universities and into schools. Quite a list! And there is a lot more besides that has not been included. Also important to note is that the BJME is now, and has been for a while, very much, as its strapline says, ‘an international journal’, and so there are interactions and synergies with many other national systems and music education types across the world.

Palliative care in situations of conflict

2015 ◽  
pp. 1168-1173
Author(s):  
Nathan I. Cherny
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Substantial Proportion ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
World Population ◽  
The Past ◽  
Life Threatening Illness ◽  
The World ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Jewish Hospital

Incurable, life-threatening illness is endemic, and it often occurs in places of conflict. In these circumstances, care delivery is often compromised or complicated. Situations of conflict occur in many places in the world, and at any time a substantial proportion of the world population is involved in conflict of one sort or other. Conflicts, such as war or terror, traumatize the involved populations. In this situation, bereavement, fear, anxiety, and depression become commonplace. The observations in this chapter are derived from experiences working with Palestinian and Israeli patients in a Jewish hospital in Jerusalem over the past 15 years.

scholarly journals Harnessing Lightning Using Thundercloud Electrification

2020 ◽  
pp. 179-182
Keyword(s):  
Major Part ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
Personal View ◽  
Thermal Plant ◽  
The Past ◽  
World Today ◽  
Plant Uses ◽  
The World

The world is addicted to power, world cannot survive without power. The major problem for shortage of power is Power crisis and it is the talk of the world today. There have been lots many inventions and discoveries for different ways of generation of electricity using the resources. The major part of electricity is generated from Thermal plant, but the fact is a Thermal plant uses Coal as fuel which is a non-renewable resource for energy. Also a Thermal plant pollutes the environment by releasing smokes and fumes. But our personal view on the matter is that nature offers numerous options for regenerating energy. One such viable option underused by mankind is the power of lightning. This project proposes to harness the energy of a lightning in treating the power crisis and finally making power unavailability a thing of the past.

A basic introduction to image processing using NIH-Image as a model

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 392-393
Author(s):  
John Mansfield
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Digital Instrument ◽  
Novice User ◽  
Nih Image ◽  
The Past ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The World ◽  
Instrument Control

Advances in camera technology and digital instrument control have meant that in modern microscopy, the image that was, in the past, typically recorded on a piece of film is now recorded directly into a computer. The transfer of the analog image seen in the microscope to the digitized picture in the computer does not mean, however, that the problems associated with recording images, analyzing them, and preparing them for publication, have all miraculously been solved. The steps involved in the recording an image to film remain largely intact in the digital world. The image is recorded, prepared for measurement in some way, analyzed, and then prepared for presentation.Digital image acquisition schemes are largely the realm of the microscope manufacturers, however, there are also a multitude of “homemade” acquisition systems in microscope laboratories around the world. It is not the mission of this tutorial to deal with the various acquisition systems, but rather to introduce the novice user to rudimentary image processing and measurement.

On the Symbolism of Rain in A Farewell to Arms

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Tool ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Farewell To Arms

This paper critically analyzes the symbolic use of rain in A Farewell to Arms (1929). The researcher has applied the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis as a research tool for the analysis of the text. This hypothesis argues that the languages spoken by a person determine how one observes this world and that the peculiarities encoded in each language are all different from one another. It affirms that speakers of different languages reflect the world in pretty different ways. Hemingway’s symbolic use of rain in A Farewell to Arms (1929) is denotative, connotative, and ironical. The narrator and protagonist, Frederick Henry symbolically embodies his own perceptions about the world around him. He time and again talks about rain when something embarrassing is about to ensue like disease, injury, arrest, retreat, defeat, escape, and even death. Secondly, Hemingway has connotatively used rain as a cleansing agent for washing the past memories out of his mind. Finally, the author has ironically used rain as a symbol when Henry insists on his love with Catherine Barkley while the latter being afraid of the rain finds herself dead in it.

Profilometry. Using Corneo-scleral topography for scleral lens fitting

The Eye ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (128) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Gregory DeNaeyer
Keyword(s):  
Ocular Surface ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Contact Lenses ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

The world-wide use of scleral contact lenses has dramatically increased over the past 10 year and has changed the way that we manage patients with corneal irregularity. Successfully fitting them can be challenging especially for eyes that have significant asymmetries of the cornea or sclera. The future of scleral lens fitting is utilizing corneo-scleral topography to accurately measure the anterior ocular surface and then using software to design lenses that identically match the scleral surface and evenly vault the cornea. This process allows the practitioner to efficiently fit a customized scleral lens that successfully provides the patient with comfortable wear and improved vision.

Aftershocks

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seva Gunitsky
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Regime Change ◽  
International System ◽  
Political Legitimacy ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sudden Rise ◽  
The World ◽  
National Borders

Over the past century, democracy spread around the world in turbulent bursts of change, sweeping across national borders in dramatic cascades of revolution and reform. This book offers a new global-oriented explanation for this wavelike spread and retreat—not only of democracy but also of its twentieth-century rivals, fascism, and communism. The book argues that waves of regime change are driven by the aftermath of cataclysmic disruptions to the international system. These hegemonic shocks, marked by the sudden rise and fall of great powers, have been essential and often-neglected drivers of domestic transformations. Though rare and fleeting, they not only repeatedly alter the global hierarchy of powerful states but also create unique and powerful opportunities for sweeping national reforms—by triggering military impositions, swiftly changing the incentives of domestic actors, or transforming the basis of political legitimacy itself. As a result, the evolution of modern regimes cannot be fully understood without examining the consequences of clashes between great powers, which repeatedly—and often unsuccessfully—sought to cajole, inspire, and intimidate other states into joining their camps.

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