Faith Manifest: Spiritual and Mindfulness Tourism in Chiang Mai, Thailand by Jaeyeon Choe, Michael O’ Regan

“…Combined with the positive effects of spiritual practices, greater numbers of tourists are travelling to Southeast Asia for mindfulness, yoga, and other spiritual pursuits. Influenced by popular mass media coverage, such as Hollywood movies and literary bestsellers like <i>Eat Pray Love</i> (2006) and tourism imaginaries about particular peoples and places, spiritual tourists are visiting Southeast Asia in increasing numbers. …”
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Phenotypic Dimensions of Spirituality: Implications for Mental Health in China, India, and the United States by Clayton Hoi-Yun McClintock, Elsa Lau, Lisa Miller

“…Analyses of forty spirituality measures revealed five invariant factors across countries which were interpreted as five dimensions of universal spiritual experience, specifically: love, in the fabric of relationships and as a sacred reality; unifying interconnectedness, as a sense of energetic oneness with other beings in the universe; altruism, as a commitment beyond the self with care and service; contemplative practice, such as meditation, prayer, yoga, or qigong; and religious and spiritual reflection and commitment, as a life well-examined. …”
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Drug-Coformer Loaded-Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles: A Review of the Preparation, Characterization, and Mechanism of Drug Release by Budiman A, Wardhana YW, Ainurofiq A, Nugraha YP, Qaivani R, Lukmanul Hakim SNA, Aulifa DL

“…Arif Budiman,1 Yoga Windhu Wardhana,1 Ahmad Ainurofiq,2 Yuda Prasetya Nugraha,3 Ridhatul Qaivani,4 Siti Nazila Awaliyyah Lukmanul Hakim,4 Diah Lia Aulifa4 1Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java 45363, Indonesia; 2Pharmaceutical Technology and Drug Delivery, Department of Pharmacy, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Central Java, 57126, Indonesia; 3School of Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, West Java, 40132, Indonesia; 4Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, 45363, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Arif Budiman, Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jl. …”
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COVID-19 Preventive measures among health-care workers: Desperate times, desperate measures by Sourya Mohakuda, Basant Pathak, Anchit Raj Singh, T VSVGK Tilak, P Harikrishnan

“…HCWs were also found to practice various preventive measures such as Vitamin C supplements (37.8%), yoga (37.1%), and warm saline gargles (36.3%). Other less common methods noted were steam inhalation, amlaki, kaadha, tulsi drops, chyawanprash, and nasya. …”
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USADA BHUDA KACAPI: BALINESE TRADITIONAL THERAPY (USADA) LITERARY TEXT by I Ketut Jirnaya, I Made Suastika, I Wayan Cika, I Nyoman Weda Kusuma

“…The indigenous medical practitioners should improve their quality through <em>yoga</em> (meditation) and <em>aksara suci</em> (holy scripts) as the means. …”
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Naturopathic Oncology Care for Pediatric Cancers: A Practice Survey by Athanasios Psihogios ND, Jullie K. Ennis PhD, Dugald Seely ND, MSc, FABNO

“…The top 5 physical modality interventions are exercise (94.1%), acupuncture (77.9%), acupressure (72.1%), craniosacral therapy (69.1%), and yoga (69.1%). The top 5 mental/emotional interventions are meditation (79.4%), art therapy (77.9%), mindfulness-based stress reduction (70.6%), music therapy (70.6%), and visualization therapy (67.6%). …”
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Psychological and social interventions for mental health issues and disorders in Southeast Asia: a systematic review by Alan Maddock, Carolyn Blair, Nil Ean, Paul Best

“…The disparate intervention programmes reviewed were categorised as: lay delivered, yoga, aerobic and/or meditation based, cognitive behavioural therapy oriented, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing based (EMDR), health worker delivered, and hybrid programmes. …”
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Effects of a Video Sequence Based Intervention on Anxiety, Fatigue and Depression in Cancer Patients: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial by Sven Neubert, Sina Schlecht, Karin Meng PhD, Antonia Rabe MSc, Elisabeth Jentschke PhD

“…The videos included psychoeducation on distress and psychological symptoms, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy elements, and Yoga and Qigong exercises. Patients’ anxiety and fear of progression (primary outcomes) and secondary outcomes were assessed before randomization (T1) and after the end of the intervention for IG or the waiting period for CG (T2) using self-reported questionnaires (GAD-7, PA-F-KF, EORTC QLQ-FA12, PHQ-8). …”
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Immediate Effects of Bhramari Pranayama on Resting Cardiovascular Parameters in Healthy Adolescents by Maheshkumar Kuppusamy, Dilara Kamaldeen, Ravishankar Pitani, Julius Amaldas

“…Introduction: In yoga, Pranayama has a very important role in maintaining sound health. …”
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Efficacy of complementary and integrative medicine on health-related quality of life in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lin WF, Zhong MF, Zhou QH, Zhang YR, Wang H, Zhao ZH, Cheng BB, Ling CQ

“…The ranking order of efficacy in change HRQOL was qigong plus mindfulness, Chinese herbal medicine, multimodal complementary medicine, qigong, nutritional supplement, mindfulness, acupuncture, yoga, and massage, and it was different among different domains. …”
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Managing menopausal symptoms in patients with hormone receptor-positive gynecologic cancers by O. V. Shabalova, S. V. Yureneva, S. V. Khokhlova, Zh. R. Gardanova, E. I. Ermakova

“…Among non-hormonal non-pharmacological correction methods actively study such methods as acupuncture, yoga, exercise to control weight, and a diet rich in phytoestrogens. …”
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Prospective randomized controlled intervention trial: Comprehensive Yogic Breathing Improves Cardiac autonomic functions and Quality of life in Diabetes by V P Jyotsna, Smita Ambekar, Rajiv Singla, Ansumali Joshi, Anju Dhawan, Neeta Kumar, Nandita Gupta, V Sreenivas, K K Deepak

“…Comprehensive yogic breathing program was an interactive session in which Sudarshan kriya yoga, a rhythmic cyclical breathing, preceded by Pranayam was taught under guidance of a certified teacher. …”
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The Rating of Perceived Exertion—Pediatric (RPE-P) Scale: Preliminary Validation by Brynn LiaBraaten, Stacy Stolzman, Pippa M. Simpson, Liyun Zhang, Taylor Brockman, Nina Linneman, Steven J. Weisman, Keri R. Hainsworth

“…Participants rated perceived exertion using the new scale and the Borg 6–20 Scale of Perceived Exertion while holding a three-minute yoga pose (Warrior II). In the whole sample, the Perceived Exertion—Pediatric scale showed good concurrent (<i>p</i> < 0.001), convergent (all <i>p</i>s < 0.05), discriminant (<i>p</i> = 0.431), and known-groups validity (all <i>p</i>s < 0.05). …”
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The time scales of irreversibility in spontaneous brain activity are altered in obsessive compulsive disorder by Davide Bernardi, David Shannahoff-Khalsa, David Shannahoff-Khalsa, David Shannahoff-Khalsa, Jeff Sale, Jon A. Wright, Luciano Fadiga, Luciano Fadiga, David Papo, David Papo

“…Some of these differences were reduced by 1-year of Kundalini Yoga meditation treatment. Taken together, these results suggest that OCD alters the dynamic attractor of the brain's resting state and hint at a possible novel neurophysiological characterization of this psychiatric disorder and how this therapy can possibly modulate brain function.…”
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The architecture of the primary mental healthcare system for older people in India: what public policies tell us by Tom Kafczyk, Kerstin Hämel

“…They focus on (a) integrating community health workers into primary mental healthcare, (b) empowering the community to participate in healthcare planning, implementation, and monitoring, (c) supporting the family through a family-led approach to mental healthcare, and (d) integrating traditional Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homeopathy (AYUSH) services into primary mental healthcare. …”
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MANFAAT TEKNIK RELAKSASI MASSAGE MUSCULLUS TRAPEZIUS DENGAN AROMATERAPI MAWAR TERHADAP PERUBAHAN TEKANAN DARAH PADA IBU HAMIL by Ernawati Ernawati, Dian Safitri

“…Beberapa jenis penanganan non farmakologi yang dapat dilakukan adalah akupresur (akupuntur tanpa jarum), terapi herbal, terapi jus, pijat (massage), yoga, aromaterapi, pernafasan dan relaksasi, meditasi, hypnosis dan perawatan dirumah. …”
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Factors Influencing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Nepali People in the UK: A Qualitative Study by Padam Simkhada, Pasang Tamang, Laxmi Timilsina, Bibha Simkhada, Paul Bissell, Edwin van Teijlingen, Sunil Kumar Sah, Sharada Prasad Wasti

“…Nine overlapping themes around barriers to COVID-19 vaccination were identified: (a) rumours and mis/disinformation; (b) prefer home remedies and yoga; (c) religion restriction; (d) concern towards vaccine eligibility; (e) difficulty with online vaccine booking system; (f) doubts of vaccine effectiveness after changing the second dose timeline; (g) lack of confidence in the vaccine; (h) past bad experience with the influenza vaccine; and (i) worried about side-effects. …”
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Mindfulness and Menopause- A Review by TIMI THOMAS, Neetha Kamath, Ajay Kumar

“…Many midlife women try out practices like relaxation techniques, breathing exercises and yoga to help them get through these difficult times during their transitional period of life. …”
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Health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients: review of reviews from 2008 to 2018 by Parisa Mokhatri-Hesari, Ali Montazeri

“…According to the reviews, yoga was the most recommended exercise to improve quality of life in breast cancer patients. …”
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Large ethnic variations in recommended physical activity according to activity domains in amsterdam, the netherlands by Kunst Anton E, Agyemang Charles, van Valkengoed Irene GM, de Munter Jeroen SL, Stronks Karien

“…Smaller effects were found for yoga and dancing, leisure time and household activities.…”
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