Electrophysiological Evidence of Local Sleep During Yoga Nidra Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Yoga nidra is a technique sages use to self-induce sleep. Classically, sleep is characterized by three cardinal electrophysiological features, namely, electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), and electrooculography (EOG). As the literature on electrophysiological characterization of Yoga nidra is lacking, it is not known whether it is a sleep or awake state. The objective of the study was to electrophysiologically characterize yoga nidra practice.

Materials and methods

Thirty subjects underwent five initial supervised yoga nidra sessions and then continued practice on their own. The subjects completed their sleep diaries for 2 weeks before and during the intervention. The electrophysiological characterization was done afte

SUBMITTER: Datta K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315270 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature