Yogic Practices And Psychological Counselling

RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Title: Effects of Yogic Practices and Psychological Counselling on selected changes on
Psychological, Physiological, Sociological Variables among Hypertensions Middle aged
Women.
Name: CHITTARI GOUDUGULA VISHNU KUMAR
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Institution: OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

Introduction
In the majority of developing and growing economies, hypertension in women is a
common cause of death. High blood pressure or hypertension is a relatively common
configurable cardiovascular disease whose occurrence leading to about 85.7 million people in
the United States with a statistics of 33.0 million women against 40.8 million men. (Ahmand
& Oparil, 2017). Yogic traditions and therapeutic concepts were reported with significant
effects among, medieval women with hypertension on the cognitive, physiological and
sociological variables (Bhende et al., 2011). Pakhare (2018) records hypertension declines
relative to the world estimates when compared to India; India is safer than the world average
of 29.20 for men and 24.80 for women. This perception has to do with the fact that yoga
originated in India, which contributes to daily yogic practice in a large part of the Indian
population (Nayak, 2016). Yoga can decrease stress and relax; it calls for strength,
deformation and relaxing of muscle groups and articulations to take various poses. At the end
of the day, these body components help yoga lovers to relax similarly in the manner of
massage. Research teams (Hu et al, 2015, p. 1) suggest that the possibility of high blood
pressure from psychological stress is major. There is evidence for future research on the
connection between psychosocial stress–primarily routine stress, such as that at work–and
increased BP. Moreover, some studies suggest that, the psychological stress interactions and
enhanced BP shifts change with gender. In identified improvements in psychological
physiological and sociological factors in hypertensive, medium-aged women, yogic activities
and psychological concepts have shown an important role.

Review of literature
Yogic Practices and Psychology Principles
Yogic activities and meditation go a long way towards strengthening the well-being of
individuals. Yogic activities consist of a variety of types of meditation, incorporating
strategies for breathing, physical postures, relaxation or medicine. In recent years, there has
been a transition to a type of exercise, focused on positions which encourage superior
management of the mind and body in an effort to improve well-being (Nichols, 2014).
Psychological concepts, on the other hand, fall into five types of psychical functioning:
perception and learning; determination; social and emotional; the meaning and the learning;
and evaluation. Psychology can be viewed as the study of mental life, both its phenomena,
and its circumstances (James, 1890, p. 1). The processes include what people call emotions,
impulses, opinions, reasoning and decisions.
Yoga psychology is known to be a constructive and prescriptive discipline; it explores
not only the nature of man and its creation, but also imposes moral principles and proposes
strategies for achieving these goals (Kumar, 2013). The idea of "Yoga psychology" can be
considered a positive science, as well as a regulatory science. Thus the common goals of
yoga psychology, are to cultivate consciousness and to become the master of your feelings. In
terms of aware, subconscious and unconscious phases, the metaphysical feature of mind as
defined by Freud in its yogic texts in general, was thousands years ago (Kumar, 2013). The
rigorous yoga practice enables people to own a body free of diseases and a powerful and
intellectual mind.

My personal experience with my Teacher Dr Asana Andiappan’s teachings from
Thirumoolor Astanga Yoga Book written By Dr Asana Andiappan about yoga:
Hatha yoga is called ha-sun and Tha-moon meaning sun that reflects Yang or Male and moon
that stands for Yin or Female qualities. Thus, Hatha yoga
Sun stands for raw values, productive quality, confidence, terrifying qualities, highly
ambitious Left brain, which governs our right half of the body, for arithmetical, intellectual
and rational reason.
Moon is gentle, relaxed, peaceful spirit, the arts, imagination, spiritual thinking, meditation,
insight and also the right brain, which tracks our left half of the body.
Yogic poses and breathing results of both minds as they strike the right balance in calming
the nervous system of our body and positive and negative mental attributes, which allows to
become mindful of oneself, regulating the way one feels, helps managing one's emotional and
anxious behaviour. The breathing pattern, when we're unhappy or upset, is very sluggish and
erratic. Our breathing cycle is long and steady, during yoga breathing exercise, because it
requires maximum cardiovascular fitness and lung capacity, which can deliver oxygen to the
bloodstream and relax the mind and can also lead to the reduction of hypertension (high
Blood Pressure) and stress.
In addition, Yoga poses and breathing exercises are practiced in the early hours between 4
and 7am, when more plant are releasing oxygen, which allows the body to oxygenate and
enhances immunity through the removal of toxic substances and high concentrations of
carbon dioxide in the body. This also aims to cure auto-immune disorders and to improve
people's confidence. In accordance with Siddhar Boganathar's ancient yogic literature (with a