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VOL. 6, ISSUE 4 (2021)
Yoga for improving mental health during Covid-19 pandemic: A review
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Chitra Chand, Dhananjoy Shaw
Abstract
Novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a deadly viral disease is caused by SARS-CoV-2 that has caused over a million deaths globally and still counting. Many countries are observing a nationwide lockdown since November 2019 that varied time to time and country to country to decrease it’s spread and the governments are urging the people to follow safety guidelines such as face and nose masking, different hygienic habits, sanitisation, repeated handwash, avoiding crowd, not spitting in the public place, not using the tobacco products including social distancing, that may cause loneliness, mental distress, anxiety and depression. Electronic database PubMed was searched from 1 December 2019 to 25 November 2020 using the keywords ‘coronavirus disease, COVID-19, yoga, meditation, pranayama, mindfulness and mental health’. Out of 95 studies, 23 were selected for the review. There are no studies published to evaluate the effect of yoga on mental health during the spread of pandemic COVID-19 on people. However, the studies published on effect of yoga and meditation for improving mental health are of great importance to deal such challenging COVID-19 pandemic period. Yoga and meditation can be used as a preventive and coping measure to combat COVID-19 and to reduce the harmful psychological effects due to COVID-19.
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Pages:35-38
How to cite this article:
Chitra Chand, Dhananjoy Shaw "Yoga for improving mental health during Covid-19 pandemic: A review ". International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Vol 6, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 35-38
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