Effect of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga on Cardiovascular Parameters and Comorbid Anxiety in Patients of Hypertension
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 6
Abstract
Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is a special yogic package designed by Sri Sri Ravishankar, the founder of Art of Living foundation. In healthy individuals after 8 days of practicing SKY positive effect have been found on lipid profile and pulmonary functions, betterment of antioxidant status and anxiety have been also reported. SKY has a sound scientific basis and is an ideal tool for improving the health. However to put yoga on a firm pedestal and popularize it among public , we planned to undertake a study of the effect of SKY on cardiovascular health (SBP, DBP, PR, Lipid profile) and Hamilton anxiety score in patients of hypertension. In our study 100 patients of hypertension of either gender age group (30-70 years) at SP Medical College and PBM Hospital Bikaner were recruited. All the patients were on prescribed antihypertensive medications. They were divided randomly into study and control groups including 50 patients each. Study group was asked to do ‘Sudarshan Kriya Yoga’ one hour daily or at least five times a week for continuous three months after proper training. Statistically significant benefit of SKY was obtained in SBP, DBP, PR, Lipid profile and Hamilton anxiety score in patients of hypertension. Sudarshan kriya yoga showed statistically significant decrease in the values of all the above parameters after 3 months of practice. Keywords: Sudarshan kriya yoga, Hypertension, Cardiovascular health.
Authors and Affiliations
Pramod Kumar Narnolia, Bijender Kumar Binawara, Akhil Kapoor, Mamata Mehra, Manoj Gupta, Khemlata Tilwani, Sitaram Maharia
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