Preksha Yoga: Preksha Yoga to Treat Anxiety Disorder

Stress, fear and anxiety all tend to be interactive. The principal components of anxiety are psychologic (tension, fears, difficulty in concentration, apprehension) and somatic (tachycardia, hyperventilation, palpitation, tremor, sweating). Other organ systems, e.g. gastrointestinal, may be involved in multiple-system complaints. Fatigue and sleep disorders are common. Sympathomimetic symptoms of anxiety are both a response to a central nervous system state and a reinforcement of further anxiety. Anxiety can become self-generating, since the symptoms reinforce the reaction, causing it to become spiral.

Anxiety may be free-floating, resulting in acute anxiety attacks, occasionally becoming chronic. When one or several defense mechanisms are functioning the consequences are well-known problems such as phobias, conversion reactions, dissociative states, obsessions and compulsions.

Preksha — Yoga management

Shat kriyas – Kunjal and Jal neti
Yogic exercises – Of the whole body
Asanas – Shashankasana, Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, Padmasana, Bhujang-asana, Shalabhasana
Pranayama – Anulom-Vilom and Ujjayai
Kayotsarga – 50 minutes daily at a stretch
Preksha – Perception of body along with white colour
Anupreksha – Contemplation of power and self-confidence
Dietary recommendations – To take sattvic food only

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