1st Edition

Yoga and Meditation Past and Present Evidence

358 Pages 8 Color & 98 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

358 Pages 8 Color & 98 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

358 Pages 8 Color & 98 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

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... Read more

1. Yoga: Where Legacy Illuminates the Future

Antriksh and Warrier Ambika

2. Impact of Yoga on Social Life and Humanity

Yogita Bisht and Pawan Singh Mehra

3. Well-Being and Quality of Life Through Yoga: Rethinking Our Notions of Happiness

Richa Chopra, Shashank Shekhar Tripathi, Rahul Sanal, and Kashinath G. Metri

4. Effect of Yoga and Meditation on "Quality of Life": Comparison among People Who Practice and Those Who Don‘t

Mousumi Sethy, Pallabi Mishra, Puspita Bharati Samantaray, and Rituparna Mitra

5. Mental Component Study to Ensure Sustainable Health Through Quality of Life of Participants in Challenging Situations of the 21st Century

Rohit Rastogi, Tribhuvan Mishra, Vaishnavi Mishra, Saransh Chauhan, Rohan Tyagi, and Utkarsh Pratap Shahi

6. Female Adolescents Are a Step Ahead of Male Adolescents in Decision-Making via Yoga-Cultivated Attentiveness Pedagogy Interventions in Indian Settings

Sugyanta Priyadarshini, Sarthak Dash, Sukanya Priyadarshini, and Nisrutha Dulla

7. Impact of Yoga and Meditation with Mudras in Building Quality of Life

Sheelu Sagar, Rohit Rastogi, Ishwar V. Basavaraddi, and Vikas Garg

8. Managing Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome through Suryanamaskar

Yashvi Panjrath, Anjalee, and Vijendra Nath Pathak

9. Statistically Examining the Effect of Herbal and Spiritual Environment on Various Dimensions of Adolescents' Fitness Post-Covid Effects

Rohit Rastogi, Mamta Saxena, Pranav Sharma, Yati Varshney, Vaibhav Aggarwal, and Richa Singh

10. Statistical Surveillance of Effect of Ayurvedic Herbs on Improvement in the Brain Power of Children

Rohit Rastogi, Mamta Saxena, Charu Tripathi, Yati Varshney, Rayush Jain, and Prabhinav Mishra

11. Yoga as a Protective Factor for Arresting Cognitive Impairment and Promoting Well-Being Among Institutionalized Seniors

Eshva Shah and Urmi Nanda Biswas

12. Yoga and Mindfulness: A Positive Health Framework

Kailash Jandu and Rabindra Kumar Pradhan

13. Yoga for the Management of Diabetes

Ravi Shanker Datti

Biography

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.