Controlling psychosomatic disorders through yoga and meditation

Pages: 33-36
Aditi Sharma (Department of Psychology, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India)

The purpose of this study was to control psychosomatic disorders through yoga and meditation. The sample of this study comprised of 45 male and female indoor patients from the Naturopathy Center of Bapu Nagar and Shastri Nagar, Jaipur ranging between 35 and 50 years. Multidimensional health questionnaire which was developed by Snell and Johnson (2004) measuring physical and mental health of adults was employed. The scale is usually used to identify the psychopathological symptoms. It consists of 20 sub scales and 100 items. The results revealed that practicing yoga and meditation has proved to be beneficial. Regular practice of yoga and meditation up to 3 months has decreased the psychosomatic symptoms to a great level in the subjects. Practicing yoga and meditation regularly for 3 months have reduced the quantity of medicinal intake of these subjects.