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  Effect of Short-Term Pranayama and Meditation on Cardiovascular Functions in Healthy Individuals Abstract Context: Asana, pranayama, and meditation are three main techniques of yoga practiced in India over thousands of years to realize functional harmony between the body and mind. Recent studies on long-term yogic practices have shown improvements in cardiovascular functions. Aim: The present study was conducted to work out if a short-term practice of pranayama and meditation had improvements in cardiovascular functions in healthy individuals with regard to age, gender, and body mass index (BMI). Settings and Design: This interventional study was conducted within the Department of physiology of Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata. Patients and Methods: Fifty healthy subjects (24 males and 26 females) of 20–60 years age group, fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria underwent two hours daily yoga program for 15 days taught by a licensed yoga teacher. Pre and post yo...

                                                     Article Effects of various Prāṇāyāma on Cardiovascular and Autonomic Variables Abstract Cardiovascular functions are controlled by neural factors, temperature, hormones, etc., Of these, neural factors primarily concern the autonomic nervous system, which plays a significant role in maintaining and regulating cardiac functions, e.g., sign and pulse. Prāṇāyāma is one of the foremost important yogic practices. There are various review articles on Yoga and its effects but, though Prāṇāyāma could also be a a neighborhood of yoga, there's lack of review articles. To the only of our knowledge there is no known review on effect of various Prāṇāyāma on cardiovascular and autonomic variables. To provide a general overview about the effect of various prāṇāyāma (breathing techniques) on cardiovascular and autonomi...