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ROLE OF YOGA IN PROMOTING HEALTH: REVIEW ARTICLE

Dr. Swecha Choudhary*, Dr. Abhilasha Dhyani, Dr. Shruti Kapatkar, Dr. Sarvesh Dave and Dr. Sagar Sharma

Abstract

The intention of this investigation is to measure the findings of several studies on yoga's healing properties in order to provide over all review of the welfares of regular yoga and meditation practise. The effects of yoga and meditation have been studied in a range of people for a variety of diseases and conditions, with the results reported in this book. Yoga is well-defined as the use of yogic poses and practises to the treatment of physical ailments, as well as the instruction in yogic practises and teachings to avoid or improve mechanical, physical, sensitive, and divinehurt, grief, or boundaries. The blending of one's individual awareness with that of the highest consciousness is defined as meditation. Yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi are the eight limbs of yoga. Self-realization is the primary objective of yoga and meditation, and intense practise of both leads to it. An examination of yoga's rungs and aim reveals that it is a universal approach of living that leads to a state of whole bodily, Harmony with nature, as well as social, mental, and spiritual well-being. A thorough review of the research literature from the most important scientific journals was conducted using PubMed® and the key term "yoga and meditation." Google Scholar was used to find articles about yoga and meditation. A search of electronic databases with a specific goal in mind to find literature; A quest for reliable summaries, various sources, including books, have detailed conceptual and theoretical studies, handbooks and grey literature; we took a look at what medical and social experts have been working in order to discover the parameters that allow yoga in promoting health. A literature search was done systematically of various journals indexes such as Pubmed, EMBASE, Google scholar and others.

Keywords: Yoga, anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disease, chronic pulmonary disease, diabetes, hypertension, mental stress.