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International Journal of Physiology
Year : 2014, Volume : 2, Issue : 2
First page : ( 22) Last page : ( 25)
Print ISSN : 2320-6039. Online ISSN : 2320-608X.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2320-608X.2014.00006.7
Effect of Rajayoga Meditation of Brahma Kumaris on Pulmonary Functions
Gupta Manisha1, Kumar Vinay2, Agarwal J L3, Jain Sharad1
1Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences,
Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur,
Uttar Pradesh, India
3Professor & Head, Department of Physiology, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Online published on 24 September, 2014.
Abstract
We had measured various parameters of pulmonary functions in 30 healthy medical students,
who had never done meditation taken as control and 30 subjects who were practicising rajayoga
meditation for more than 2 years regularly taken as a case group. The PFT was measured by
computerized spirometer (RMS-Helios, Recorders and Medicare Systems Pvt. Ltd., Chandigarh,
India). We have measured Maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV), peak expiratory flow rate
(PEFR), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced
mid expiratory flow in 25%75% (FEF25- 75) and FEV1/FVC in who are practicising rajayoga
meditation before and after meditation in meditators and compared it with nonmeditators. We
found significant changes in FVC, FEF25-75, PEFR in meditators than non meditators.
Highly significant changes in FVC, FEF25-75, PEFR, MVV and significant changes in
FEV1/FVC were found after 5 minutes of raja yoga meditation. Results had shown that rajayoga
meditations improved the pulmonary functions and thus improve the physical capacity along
with providing mental equilibrium and relieving the stress.
Keywords
Pulmonary Functions Test, Rajayoga Meditation.