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Background
Yoga,
being the process of normalization, is studied since thousands
of years. The daily practice of Yoga brings the various unbalanced
systems of the body to normal state. Hence we planned to study
the effect of Yoga Training Package on heart patients in this
experiment.
Aim
This
paper aims to study the effect of six months of regular practice
of a package of selected yogic practices viz. Asanas, Pranayama,
Meditation, Yoga Nidra and Omkar Chanting. ( one and half hours
per day) on heart patients.
Subjects
We
are teaching Yoga in our institution for the last 22 years
including
sick persons.
Out of these we have selected 23 Heart Patients for this experiment.
Design
We
designed a special course for these heart patients which consisted
of simple body movements in yogic style, some stretching Asanas,
some types of Pranayamic breathing exercises and initial types
of Meditation. We had included the daily practice of Yoga Nidra
specially designed for heart patients and Omkar chanting in a
particular fashion. The practice was continued for six months
daily. The patients were thoroughly checked medically before and
after the training and the results were compared.
Results
and Discussions
It
is observed that the blood pressure and blood cholesterol reduced
considerably. It is also observed that the exercise time on stress
test increased and number of METS reduced significantly. The patients
ecperienced an overall relief of about 90%.
Key
words : Heart disease, Yoga, exercise stress test, cholesterol,
blood pressure.
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