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Volume 04
Current Research: Integrative Medicine
Curr Res Integr Med, Volume 04, ISSN: 2529-797X
December 02-03, 2019 | Dubai, UAE
CAM Therapies 2019
December 02-03, 2019
World Congress on
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
A literature review of research yoga and meditation
Thanh-Mai Vo
St. Louis University, USA
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editation is a mind and body practice that has a long history of use for relaxation, improving psychological balance, coping
with illness, and enhancing overall health and well-being. Studies show that meditation is associated with improvement in
a variety of psychological areas, including stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, as well as reducing blood pressure, pain, stress
hormone levels and overall health.
Yoga is a unique form of physical fitness. It has many physical benefits, including relaxation, reducing blood pressure, and
alleviating arthritis pain, and improving mental health. There are data that prove yoga's benefits. According to a randomized
controlled trial at Johns Hopkins, 2 groups of participants were assigned to a wait list or to twice-a-week yoga and an at- home
yoga practice. After 8 weeks, the yoga group showed a significant reduction in pain as well as better moods, improved physical
functions, and increased energy levels.
Both yoga and meditation help mitigate stress by decreasing activity in the sympathetic nervous system typically responsible for
constricting blood vessels and raising blood pressure and the heart rate. This presentation will review the current literature and
research available on the medical benefits of yoga and meditation.
mheggeness@kumc.edu