Yoga’s Place In Severe Mental Conditions

Severe mental diseases are caused by a hereditary predisposition that is triggered by traumatic events. In the Patanjala Yoga Sutra, the medical etiology of mental disease is supported. Inborn conditions known as klesha interact with a person’s unfavorable psycho-biological environment to cause serious mental diseases.

Neurotransmitters including serotonin, melatonin, and dopamine are released when thoughts and feelings of joy, serenity, and harmony are experienced. The concept of Absolute Joy, attained through yoga and mindfulness, helps release good neurotransmitters and thus proves to be an effective antidote for preventing and treating mental illnesses, according to Dr. R. S. Bhogal. “Negative thoughts and emotions create disease-related neuropeptides Bhagwat Gita (II: 64, 65; VI: 21, 22).

Can Yoga Treat These Conditions?

Yoga exercises, especially breathing exercises, mantras, Kriya Yoga, and meditation, increase parallel vigilance throughout the body and trigger Sensory Feedback, which results in equilibrium.

“Yoga exercises cause a shift towards parasympathetic dominance, rejuvenating the endocrine, respiratory, digestive, and nervous systems. According to Dr. Bhogal, as inside awareness increases, sensory feedback becomes more toned up.

Our psychophysiology is unburdened by the deeper, unconscious regions of the mind that yoga meditation accesses in order to recognize, activate, and eliminate unconscious sensations and complexes.

“It makes way for heightened sensory feedback and all-encompassing awareness. Thus, according to Dr. Bhogal, severe mental diseases can be efficiently treated with yoga and mindfulness.