INTEGRATED APPROACH OF
YOGA THERAPY
FOR COMMON AILMENTS
WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON
RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
PRESENTED BY
Dr H R NAGENDRA Ph D
PRESIDENT, S VYASA
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA YOGA
RESEARCH FOUNDATION
BANGALORE, INDIA
PROJECT COMPLETED
• IAYT for allergic bronchial asthma ICMR, Delhi 1993-94
• IAYT for bronchial asthmatics IMA funding
• PROJECT Stress - Ministry of
Health, ISM&H, CCRYN 1996-98
RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
• NASAL ALLERGY
• BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
• BRONCHITIS, EMPHESEMA,…….
• BASIS FOR A TOTAL APPROACH OF Yoga
FOR COMMON AILMENTS
YOGA REVIEW - V4, 1980
Jour Expt Medicine VI 1980
• THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF
YOGA - A REPORT
Report VKYOCTAS NO-8 1980
• IAYT IN THE TREATMENT AND REHAB
OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMATICS
Report VK YOCTAS NO.9, 1984
• SHORT TERM EFFECT OF IAYT ON
BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Report VK YOCTAS NO.9, 1984
• LONG TERM FOLLOW UP OF IAYT FOR BA
Report VK YOCTAS No 9, 1984
• PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON BA
UNDERGOING YOGA TRAINING (IAYT)
Report VK YOCTAS No 10,11, 1984
• YOGA FOR BRONCHIAL ASTHMA- A
CONTROLLED STUDY
BMJ 291, 1077-79, 1985
• IAYT FOR BA-A 3-54 MONTHS FOLLOW
UP
J OF ASTHMA 23(3), 1986
• DAILY PFR STUDIES IN BRONCHIAL
ASTHMATICS
Ind pract V XLIV, n 7 1991
• YOGA CHAIR BREATHING FOR ACUTE
EPISODES OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Lung India 9(4), 141-144, 1991
• IAYT FOR SEASONAL & PERENNIAL
ASTHMA
Internal report 1992
• IAYT FOR ALLERGIC BRONCHIAL
ASTHMA-A ONE YEAR PROJECT OF ICMR
Report Submitted to ICMR 1994
• A 12 YEARS FOLLOW UP 660 PATIENTS OF
BRONCHIAL ASTHMA Internal report 1996 S VYASA
• STUDIES ON HYSTAMINE/METHOCOLIN
CHALLENGE TESTS ON PATIENTS WITH
NO SYMPTOMS AFTER 6 YEARS OF YOGA
PRACTICE
Internal report SVYASA 1997
• EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA & YOGA
CHAIR BREATHING
1997
• CLINICAL STUDIES OF Yoga TECHNIQUES
IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH
ASTHMA - A CONTROLLED STUDY
(1998) Allergy & Asthma 19(1):3-10
• EFFECT OF SINGLE AND UNINOSTRIL
BREATHING IN BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Report on project stress submitted to Ministry of
Health, CCRYN 1998
• AUTONOMIC CHANGES IN BRONCHIAL
ASTHMA - An Invited Review Article 1999
• COMPLIMENTARY ROLE OF YOGA IN THE
MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY TB
Submitted to LANCET 1999
• STUDIES ON IAYT FOR ASTHMATICS IN
GOA COAL MINES
Internal reports 1992