It was found that SKY effects lead to a significant convergence between the self-assessment (Zung Self-Rating Scale) and hetero-assessment (Hamilton Rating Scale). This is plain, especially after the initial SKY treatment, which is followed by a long plateau phase that seems to verge on no Anxiety/Depression scores. They were assessed at recruitment, after two weeks, after three months and after six months using Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HRSA), Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (ZSAS), Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (ZSDS) and Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90).All the analyses have shown that SKY therapy significantly reduces the scores of Anxiety and Depression. These finding suggest that the SKY training may be a useful non pharmacological intervention to improve symptoms and reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with anxiety/ depression disorders.Surdashan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is a procedure that in various studies, has shown evidences of efficacy in alleviating Depression and Anxiety disorders, but in Europe and USA it has not been studied yet on a Caucasian population as an adjunct therapy for psychiatric Disorders.The study involved a sample of consenting women and men (n=69) who received SKY therapy for a six-month time period. Conclusions: Intensive breathing training using SKY approach improves anxiety and/or depressive disorders as well as CAC and cardiorespiratory coupling.
Moreover, sympathetic modulation and CAC were significantly lower while parasympathetic modulation and cardiorespiratory coupling were significantly higher in the Treatment compared to Control group. Results: After 15-days, we observed a reduction of anxiety and depression levels only in Treatment group. For the assessment of CAC and cardiorespiratory coupling, cardiorespiratory traces were analyzed using monovariate and bivariate autoregressive spectral analysis, respectively. Anxiety and depression levels were determined using quantitative questionnaires. Methods: Forty-six patients with a diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression disorders (DSM-IV) were consecutively enrolled and divided in two groups: 1) conventional therapy (Control) and 2) conventional therapy associated with SKY (Treatment) for 15 days.
Our objective was to test the hypothesis that SKY training improves CAC and cardiorespiratory coupling in patients with anxiety and/or depression disorders. However, the effects of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) on autonomic function in this population is unknown.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, v.214, p.74-80, 2017īackground: Several studies have demonstrated that adjuvant therapies as exercise and breathing training are effective in improving cardiac autonomic control (CAC) in patients with affective spectrum disorders. TOSCHI-DIAS, Edgar TOBALDINI, Eleonora SOLBIATI, Monica COSTANTINO, Giorgio SANLORENZO, Roberto DORIA, Stefania IRTELLI, Floriana MENCACCI, Claudio MONTANO, Nicola Sudarshan Kriya Yoga improves cardiac autonomic control in patients with anxiety-depression disorders Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: