Naomi M. Simon, Stefan G. Hofmann, David Rosenfield, Susanne S. Hoeppner, Elizabeth A. Hoge, Éric Bui, Sat Bir S. Khalsa,
... line treatments are lacking.To assess whether yoga (Kundalini yoga) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for GAD ... by February 12, 2020, included superiority testing of Kundalini yoga and CBT vs stress education and noninferiority testing of Kundalini yoga vs CBT.Participants were randomized to Kundalini yoga (n = 93), CBT for GAD (n = 90), ... the posttreatment assessment. Completion rates did not differ (Kundalini yoga, 60 [64.5%]; CBT, 67 [74.4%]; ... P = .30). Response rates were higher in the Kundalini yoga group (54.2%) than in the stress ...
Tópico(s): Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
2020 - American Medical Association | JAMA Psychiatry
Laura Jane Marquesini Sanches, Michael Daniels,
Development of a pilot psychometric instrument, the ‘Kundalini Awakening Scale’ (KAS) is described. The KAS was administered to groups of 24 Yoga teachers, 37 Yoga students, 22 people following other spiritual ... people from a general population. Results indicated that kundalini experience was highest in the group of people ... the general population. There was also evidence that kundalini experience increases with years of Yoga practice (not ... evi.d-ence of more disruptive and negative kundalini experiences. It is suggested that this may result ...
Tópico(s): Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
2008 - British Psychological Society | Transpersonal Psychology Review
... came to our lab with self-proclaimed, ecstatic, Kundalini meditative experiences. Using neurophenomenology and functional magnetic resonance ... perceived altered state of consciousness. Additionally, the Physio-Kundalini Syndrome Index strongly suggested that what he was experiencing was indeed Kundalini. The feelings of joy, happiness and the left ... evidence that at least in this participant, the Kundalini experience is associated with brain activation in the ... brain activation of those who experience spontaneously emerging Kundalini with trained Kundalini practitioners.
Tópico(s): Music Therapy and Health
2015 - Elsevier BV | EXPLORE
Elisabeth Björk Brämberg, Gunnar Bergström, Irene Jensen, Jan Hagberg, Lydia Kwak,
... pain. After screening, the participants were randomized to kundalini yoga, strength training or evidence-based advice. Primary ... 12 months. The results did not indicate that kundalini yoga and strength training had any statistically significant ... indicating larger significant effects among the adherers to kundalini yoga versus evidence-based advice: RR = 0.47 ( ... for the secondary outcomes to the advantage of kundalini yoga and strength training. Guided exercise in the forms of kundalini yoga or strength training does not reduce sickness ...
Tópico(s): Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
2017 - BioMed Central | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Hari Hara Suchandra, Nandhini Bojappen, Priyanka Rajmohan, Shivraj Phurailatpam, Lakshmi Priya Murali, Abdu Salam Ok, Erika Pahuja, Hemant Bhargav, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, Narayana Manjunatha, Jagadisha Thirthalli,
Kundalini concept comes from ancient yogic philosophy in which it is believed that certain spiritual practices will cause Kundalini awakening. The phenomenon of Kundalini awakening can sometimes mimic mental illness and results ... of cases demonstrating altered mental experiences related to Kundalini, from both modern psycho-pathology and traditional yoga ... illness from advanced spiritual states perceived after practicing Kundalini yoga.
Tópico(s): Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
2020 - Elsevier BV | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
Mark G. Gabriel, Joshua Curtiss, Stefan G. Hofmann, Sat Bir S. Khalsa,
... this study was to examine the efficacy of Kundalini Yoga in reducing symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder ( ... GAD (n = 49) received either an 8-week Kundalini Yoga intervention (n = 34) or an 8-week ... changes in somatic symptoms mediated treatment outcome for Kundalini Yoga. Kundalini Yoga may show promise as a treatment for ...
Tópico(s): Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
2018 - | International Journal of Yoga Therapy
Carl Gustav Jung, Sonu Shamdasani,
... introduction by Sonu Shamdasani Jung's seminar on Kundalini yoga, presented to the Psychological Club in Zurich ... and of the symbolic transformations of inner experience. Kundalini yoga presented Jung with a model for the ... individual experience? What light do the symbols of Kundalini yoga shed on conditions diagnosed as psychotic? Not ...
Tópico(s): Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
1996 - Association of College and Research Libraries | Choice Reviews Online
... studied and reflected on the intended goal of Kundalini Yoga, the so-called “kuṇḍalinī awakening,” and its influence on the current conceptualization ... culture-bound concepts and practices. The example of kuṇḍalinī awakening is a fine case in point for ...
Tópico(s): Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
2013 - Springer Nature | Transcultural research - Heidelberg studies on Asia and Europe in a global context
... the 29-item Transliminality Scale, a 35-item Kundalini Scale, an experimental 13-item Determinism/Free Will ... for their convergent validity. Second, scores on the Kundalini Scale and Drug Use correlated significantly with scores ... transliminality were found, again including scores on the Kundalini Scale and Drug Use (prescribed and illicit) as ... experiences, and behaviors associated with transliminality and the Kundalini experience may reflect a desire to escape a ...
Tópico(s): Biofield Effects and Biophysics
2001 - SAGE Publishing | Psychological Reports
... their patterns of practice were compared for mindfulness, kundalini effects, and mystical experiences. The results suggest that ... found to be associated with enhancements of mindfulness, kundalini effects, and mystical experiences, but meditation had particularly ... be the intermediary between disparate practices and mindfulness, kundalini effects, and mystical experiences.
Tópico(s): Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
2015 - Elsevier BV | Consciousness and Cognition
Anilesh Dey, D. K. Bhattacha, D. N. Tibarewala, Nilanjan Dey, Amira S. Ashour, Dac‐Nhuong Le, Еvgeniya Gospodinova, Mitko Gospodinov,
... effects on the ANS.Chinese Chi-meditation and Kundalini yoga are two different effective meditation techniques.The ... Chi-meditation and four other persons practising same Kundalini yoga.To substantiate the result for larger sample ... large impact on the HRV compared to the Kundalini yoga.
Tópico(s): Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
2016 - International University of La Rioja | International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence
Elvira Pérez Vallejos, Mark John Ball, Poppy Brown, David Crepaz‐Keay, Emily Haslam-Jones, Paul Crawford,
... is to test whether incorporating a 20-week Kundalini yoga programme into a residential home for children ... youth practitioners and management participated together in the Kundalini yoga sessions. Findings The study initially enrolled 100 ... in the paper. Originality/value The effects of Kundalini yoga have not been reported before in any ...
Tópico(s): Art Therapy and Mental Health
2016 - Emerald Publishing Limited | Journal of Children s Services
Book Review| October 01 1998 Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man. By Gopi Krishna. Shambhala Publications, 1997. 252 pages. $14.00 ... Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Scott Lowe; Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man. Nova Religio 1 ...
Tópico(s): Evolution and Science Education
1998 - University of California Press | Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
Jessica Sophie Corneille, David Luke,
... including the potential differences between SSAs and Spontaneous Kundalini Awakenings (SKAs), a subset of awakening experiences that ... were assessed as predictors of Spontaneous Spiritual and Kundalini Awakenings (SSA/SKAs). A mixed within and between- ... most powerful SSA/SKAs completed questionnaires measuring nondual, kundalini, and mystical experience, as well as depth of ASC, and trait absorption and TLL. Spontaneous Kundalini Awakenings were found to be significantly more physical, ...
Tópico(s): Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
2021 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Psychology
Richard W. Maxwell, Sucharit Katyal,
... experiences to the Indian traditional contemplative concept of kundalini. Historically, descriptions of kundalini come out of Tantric schools of Yoga, where ... eclectic groups of contemplative practitioners. Prior explorations of kundalini have emphasized extreme experiences, sometimes having clinical consequences. We conducted a first such investigation of kundalini-related experiences within a sample of meditators from ... as Ananda Marga) that emphasizes the role of kundalini. We developed a semi-structured questionnaire to conduct ...
Tópico(s): Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
2022 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Psychology
... to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail "Kundalini Yoga Meditation: Techniques Specific for Psychiatric Disorders, Couples ... Inc.To cite this article:David Shannahoff-Khalsa.Kundalini Yoga Meditation: Techniques Specific for Psychiatric Disorders, Couples ...
Tópico(s): Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
2007 - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
... interpretation of the eastern tradition or philosophies. The Kundalini concept comes from the yogic philosophy of ancient ... experiencing psychotic symptoms, which he describes as his Kundalini awakening.
Tópico(s): Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
2011 - Taylor & Francis | Mental Health Religion & Culture
Ateke Goshvarpour, Atefeh Goshvarpour,
... 1) Chinese Chi (or Qigong) meditation and (2) Kundalini Yoga meditation. For this purpose, Bispectrum was estimated ... Bispectrum magnitude of heart rate signals increased during Kundalini Yoga meditation, but it decreased significantly during Chi ...
Tópico(s): Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
2012 - Springer Science+Business Media | Cognitive Neurodynamics
The ancient system of Kundalini yoga includes a vast array of meditation techniques and many were discovered to be specific for treating the psychiatric disorders ... described here for treating OCD using a specific Kundalini yoga protocol. This OCD protocol also includes techniques ...
Tópico(s): Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
2004 - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Michael R. Goldstein,
... months were block randomized to an 8-week Kundalini yoga or sleep hygiene intervention, both consisting of ... Treatment of chronic primary sleep onset insomnia with Kundalini yoga: a randomized controlled trial with active sleep ...
Tópico(s): Circadian rhythm and melatonin
2021 - American Academy of Sleep Medicine | Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
... dumo fire, mana, and, in the yogic tradition, kundalini.I outline the modern kundalini hypothesis, as first proposed by Gopi Krishna; how ... own NDE and from research underway through the Kundalini Research Network.On March 27, 1979, I had ... the years, led me to the conclusion that kundalini awakening is the mechanism responsible for the phenomena ...
Tópico(s): Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
1994 - International Association for Near-Death Studies | The Journal of near-death studies
Anuradha Paradkar, Santosh K. Chaturvedi,
... a case that presented with features of Physio-Kundalini Syndrome and prominent cultural, spiritual and religious preoccupations ... Universal energy to flow into the body. In Kundalini philosophy mental and spiritual progression is believed to ...
Tópico(s): Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
2010 - Routledge | International Journal of Culture and Mental Health
... and strike. The reader may accordingly sometimes hear Kundalini referred to as the Serpent Power (e.g., Avalon, 1974; Grof & Grof, 1985). Kundalini is also a goddess in Hindu pantheon, which ... traditionally spelled with a capital K. I experience Kundalini fairly regularly (Thalbourne, in press a), though in ... definition given above, how may sensations of (functional) Kundalini be described for people who have not experienced ... travel from mouth throughout body. Music frequently inspires Kundalini in me, both music that I consider moving ...
Tópico(s): Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption
2006 - Rhine Research Center | Journal of Parapsychology
Marim Ibrahim, Joseph Therriault, Vasavan Nair, Elena Dikaios, Pedro Rosa‐Neto, Ishan C. Walpola, Soham Rej, Michael Lifshitz,
... healthy neurological aging. Mind-body interventions, such as Kundalini yoga, are actively being explored as accessible means ... little remains known about the neurobiological effects of Kundalini yoga. Aims: This pilot randomized-controlled trial (RCT) examined the potential neuroprotective effects of Kundalini yoga in older adults. Methods: We conducted an ... naïve older adults. Participants were randomized to a Kundalini yoga or psychoeducation intervention. Structural magnetic resonance imaging ... significant right hippocampal volume increases specific to the Kundalini yoga group ( P = 0.034, η p 2 = ...
Tópico(s): Sleep and Wakefulness Research
2022 - Medknow | International Journal of Yoga
... the level of the hippocampus. Many accounts of kundalini awakenings are consistent with this theory, as is an extended version of Itzhak Bentov's physio-kundalini model.
Tópico(s): Pain Management and Placebo Effect
1994 - International Association for Near-Death Studies | The Journal of near-death studies
... and comparisons with western studies of Laya and Kundalinī yoga.
Tópico(s): Cultural and Artistic Studies
2010 - Brill | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia
Holly Lynton, Benjamin Kligler, Samuel C. Shiflett,
... study designed to explore the hypothesis that a Kundalini yoga practice of 12 weeks would lead to ... should be done to examine the effects of Kundalini yoga on specific illnesses or medical conditions.
Tópico(s): Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
2007 - Taylor & Francis | Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation
Thawatchai Krisanaprakornkit, Wimonrat Sriraj, Nawanant Piyavhatkul, Malinee Laopaiboon,
... electromyography‐biofeedback and relaxation therapy. Another study compared Kundalini Yoga (KY), with Relaxation/Mindfulness Meditation. The Yale‐ ... kinds of relaxation therapies in reducing anxiety, and Kundalini Yoga did not show significant effectiveness in treating ...
Tópico(s): Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
2006 - Elsevier BV | Cochrane library
Atefeh Goshvarpour, Ateke Goshvarpour,
... i) Chinese Chi (or Qigong) meditation and (ii) Kundalini Yoga meditation.For this purpose, Poincare plots, Lyapunov ...
Tópico(s): Mental Health Research Topics
2012 - | International Journal of Image Graphics and Signal Processing
Stefan G. Hofmann, Joshua Curtiss, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Elizabeth A. Hoge, David Rosenfield, Éric Bui, Aparna Keshaviah, Naomi M. Simon,
... protocol is to investigate the efficacy of a Kundalini Yoga intervention, relative to CBT and a control condition. Kundalini yoga and CBT are compared with each other ...
Tópico(s): Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
2015 - Elsevier BV | Contemporary Clinical Trials