Biomedicine

Abstract

Yoga is an ancient Indian way of life, which includes changes in mental attitude, diet, and the practice of specific techniques such as yoga asanas (postures), breathing practices (pranayamas), and meditation (dhyana) for mindfulness to attain the highest level of consciousness (1). Of late, exercise either as modern science or as yoga asanas is emerging as a vascular medicine and meditation component of yoga being considered as mindfulness meditation is coupled with exercise or yoga asanas a combined modality. More over yoga is emerging as one of the therapeutic approaches of alternative medicine as not only life style approach but also as physical, mental and social approach of holistic medicine for cardiovascular health especially in the setting of obesity.