Sudarshan Kriya Yoga

Abstract

Important counter measures to combat an infectious disease pandemic include vaccination, antiviral therapy, and immunomodulation therapy. Vaccinations are disease specific and moreover strain specific, so the protection provided is also specific and limited. Antiviral therapies are costly and require bulk production of drugs, hence globally there is an increased interest toward low-risk, cost-effective complementary alternative therapies, such as Yoga and Ayurveda to tackle the infectious pandemic, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). There is clinical evidence available on the potential complementary role of yogic practices in the management of noncommunicable and communicable diseases. Various online databases were searched for articles published between 2000 and 2020. Databases explored were Medline, EMBASE, Indian Citation Index, PsycINFO, Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region, and Google Scholar. All search results were screened, and articles related to keywords such as COVID-19, yoga therapy, and Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) were selected for data extraction. Quality of the studies included was evaluated on the basis of the construct validity, content validity, relevance, bias, credibility relating to information, and data sources. SKY is a unique yogic practice that includes specific sequential breathing techniques. It balances the autonomic nervous system and thus can alleviate anxiety, routine stress, depression, stress-related medical disorders, and posttraumatic stress. It potentiates natural host immune defenses that are essential to tackle a plethora of microbial infections. This narrative review article provides an overview of potential therapeutic benefits that SKY can offer to the population at large during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Emerging Psychiatric Themes in Post-COVID-19 Patients on a Psychiatry Consultation-liaison Service

“…Mindfulness and diaphragmatic breathing exercises are particularly beneficial in this population, mainly when conducted before or during occupational and physical therapy sessions [ 41 ]. Yogic breathing was also suggested to be helpful [ 42 , 43 ].…”

Welche Behandlungsoptionen wurden von COVID-19-infizierten Yogaübenden als hilfreich empfunden? Ergebnisse einer Querschnittsanalyse

“…bei chronisch obstruktiven Lungenerkrankungen sinnvoll sein können, ist ebenfalls bekannt [ 30 ]. Zope et al [ 31 ] stellten in ihrem narrativen Review insbesondere das Sudarshan Kriya Yoga als spezifische Atemübung heraus („breath of hope“), welches das vegetative Nervensystem „ausgleichen“ würde und so „Angstzustände, Alltagsstress, Depressionen, stressbedingte Erkrankungen und posttraumatischen Stress lindern“ und die Immunabwehr stimulieren könne. In einem älteren Review stellten Zope und Zope [ 32 ] diese spezifische yogische Atemtechnik als hilfreich bei der Behandlung von Stress, Depressivität und Ängstlichkeit, posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen u.a.…”

Integration of Urban Spatial Data Management and Visualization With Enterprise Applications Using Open-Source Software

“…The FMS application is browser-based, thus allowing easy access via the web without the need for installing special client software. It is written in Python and builds upon a web application framework (Zope, 2021;Zope toolkit, 2021) and the knowledge management framework loops (cyberconcepts loops, 2021). The primary storage of FMS is an object oriented database (ZODB, 2020) but it provides also access to SQL databases for data storage and retrieval.…”