Sleep Science (Dec 2024)

Cyclic Meditation and Sleep Quality: A Review

  • Deenadayalan Boopalan,
  • Venugopal Vijayakumar,
  • Govindasamy Karuppasamy,
  • Kaur Dilpreet,
  • Poornima Ravi,
  • Yogalakshmi Ponnusamy,
  • Mahesh kannan Vanamoorthy,
  • Maheshkumar Kuppusamy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1782529
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 04
pp. e456 – e460

Abstract

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Objectives Insufficient sleep leads to several short- and long-term physical and mental consequences. Yoga is a popularly known complementary health approach that maintains physical and mental health through asanas, meditation, and breathing techniques. Cyclic meditation (CM), derived from one of the Upanishads, is practiced by combining physical postures (asanas) with relaxation techniques. Recent findings emphasize the significance of CM as a means to enhance sleep quality. The current review aims to find the effects of CM on sleep quality through the available scientific data.

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