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Argentina federal police will now effectively use technique of Yoga for stress management of its personnel. Though Yoga has been practiced in this part of globe for last several years, yet in last couple of year, interest in yoga and awareness in Indian culture has increased rapidly. Earlier Yoga and meditation were also taught in some Latin American jails to calm down the convicts. Embassy of India in Argentina and University Institute of the Argentine Federal Police (IUPFA) will be jointly conducting a workshop on Yoga. The general objective of this workshop will be to promote the practice of Yoga as a tool to develop physical, mental and emotional well-being, incorporating discipline techniques for stress management. University Institute of the Argentine Federal Police students, faculty, graduates, and staff; students from the School of Cadets and the School of NCOs and Agents of the Argentine Federal Police can participate in this workshop. The Ministry of Ayush has been striding forth with establishing the curative values of yoga and integrating yoga with various disciplines to reap societal benefits. Yoga can be of immense benefit to the armed and paramilitary forces. Yoga is highly effective in enduring tolerance and proves to be immune-modulatory and also helps in augmenting stress hormones and neurotransmitters. In India a customized yoga packages has been developed for army, air force and navy to tackle high altitude, hot desert and cold desert conditions and submarine and ship conditions. According to various research, it has been found that āsanas and prānayāms have enabled its application in combating the stress in soldiers and promoting their psycho-physiological fitness. Also, Read in Hindi► तनाव दूर करने के लिए अर्जेंटीना की संघीय पुलिस योग को अपनाएगी !

अर्जेंटीना की संघीय पुलिस अब अपने कर्मियों के तनाव प्रबंधन के लिए योग की तकनीक का प्रभावी ढंग से उपयोग करेगी। हालांकि पिछले कई वर्षों से विश्व के इस हिस्से में योग का अभ्यास किया जाता रहा है, फिर भी पिछले कुछ वर्षों में, योग में रुचि और भारतीय संस्कृति के बारे में जागरूकता प्राप्त करने में रुचि तेजी से बढ़ी है। इससे पहले कुछ लैटिन अमेरिकी जेलों में अपराधियों को शांत करने के लिए योग और ध्यान भी सिखाया जाता था। अर्जेंटीना में भारतीय दूतावास और अर्जेंटीना संघीय पुलिस विश्वविद्यालय (आईयूपीएफए) संयुक्त रूप से योग पर एक कार्यशाला का आयोजन करेंगे। इस कार्यशाला का सामान्य उद्देश्य तनाव प्रबंधन के लिए अनुशासन तकनीकों को शामिल करते हुए शारीरिक, मानसिक और भावनात्मक कल्याण को विकसित करने के लिए एक उपकरण के रूप में योग के अभ्यास को बढ़ावा देना होगा। इस कार्यशाला में अर्जेंटीना संघीय पुलिस विश्वविद्यालय संस्थान के विद्यार्थी, संकाय सदस्य, स्नातक और कर्मचारी; स्कूल ऑफ कैडेट्स और स्कूल ऑफ एनसीओ और अर्जेंटीना फेडरल पुलिस के एजेंट शामिल हो सकते हैं। आयुष मंत्रालय योग के उपचारात्मक मूल्यों को स्थापित करने और सामाजिक लाभ प्राप्त करने के लिए विभिन्न विषयों के साथ योग को एकीकृत करने के लिए प्रयास करा रहा है। सशस्त्र और अर्धसैनिक बलों के लिए योग अत्यधिक लाभकारी हो सकता है। सहन शक्ति को बनाए रखने में योग अत्यधिक प्रभावी है और प्रतिरक्षा-विनियामक साबित होता है और स्ट्रेस हार्मोन और न्यूरोट्रांसमीटर के बीच तालमेल में भी मदद करता है। भारत में अधिक ऊंचाई वाले क्षेत्रों, गर्म रेगिस्तान और ठंडे रेगिस्तान की स्थिति और पनडुब्बी और जहाज की स्थिति से निपटने के लिए सेना, वायु सेना और नौसेना के लिए एक अनुकूलित योग पैकेज विकसित किया गया है। विभिन्न शोधों के अनुसार, यह पाया गया है कि योग आसन और प्राणायाम ने सैनिकों में तनाव का मुकाबला करने और उनकी मनो-शारीरिक फिटनेस को बढ़ावा देने में इसके उपयोग को सक्षम किया है। यह अंग्रेजी में भी पढ़े► Argentina Federal Police to effectively use Yoga for stress management of its personnel

Heartfulness meditation, a simple heart-based meditation practice aimed at attaining a balanced state of mind, helps in reducing stress and improving the quality of sleep, revealed a study. The mixed-method study was conducted by US researchers during the Covid-19 pandemic and was published recently in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, said Heartfulness Institute, which has its global headquarters in Hyderabad. Heartfulness meditation was associated with significant reduction in perceived stress and improvement in the quality of sleep of participants who completed the online-based meditation programme. Kamlesh Patel, also known as Daaji, the guide of Heartfulness meditation, underlines the need to immediately address stress in one's life. "The simple focus of life is to become better and better each day. To achieve this we need to be in a state of complete awareness about our self and raise our consciousness in tune with our true nature. Stress is the modern day ill created by our inability to focus on things that matter. Stress and its negative impact on our overall wellbeing has slowly but steadily taken control of every individual," he said. "While we know Covid-19 as the pandemic, the build-up of stress and its ill impacts is the bigger pandemic and equally a bigger health crisis. Stress needs our urgent attention as well and in consistent practice of meditation we have the most effective vaccination to ward off stress and is the visa for living your life in joy," he added. The study was conducted by Dr Kunal Desai, Dr Priti Parikh and Dr Alpa Desai of the Department of Internal Medicine, Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright University, Ohio, and Prof Dr Pratibha Gupta, Food Nutrition and Health Agricultural Research Development Programme, Central State University, Ohio. Stress and lack of quality sleep are considered serious public health challenges despite modern lifestyles, comforts, and technological advances. The Covid-19 pandemic has genuinely brought attention to this pre-existing stress problem by making it significantly worse. The study aimed to investigate whether using a virtual heart-based meditation program is associated with improved stress levels and quality of sleep. The researchers enrolled 63 participants to receive an eight-week virtually conducted Heartfulness meditation program. Of these, 36 (57 per cent) completed the entire eight weeks of the Heartfulness meditation programme. The participants were recommended to attend a minimum of two out of a total of eight virtual trainer-guided group Heartfulness relaxation and meditation sessions each week. These sessions, conducted by one of the authors and a Heartfulness trainer (KD), included 5-7 min of relaxation followed by 20 min of meditation. They were also provided instructions on using the phone application called 'HeartsApp' on their phones. They could connect as an anonymous seeker with a Heartfulness trainer through the application and meditate without any audiovisual interaction. They were also suggested self-practices to the best of their abilities. "Our study showed that following Heartfulness meditation practice, PSS and PSQI improved significantly in the participants from different parts of the United States. About 31 per cent were healthcare professionals, and the entire programme was conducted virtually. Based on these observations, we propose that meditation programmes offered via virtual platforms can offer a convenient, helpful, and easily accessible tool to a large community at once to help improve the psychological wellbeing of individuals," said Dr Kunal Desai, who led the study. "The results of qualitative analysis in our study bring a unique perspective to this aspect as we were able to show that the participants' subjective experiences strongly supported the results of the survey findings. Thus, these results enhance our understanding of how Heartfulness meditation practice helps reduce stress and improve the quality of sleep. Our qualitative analysis suggests these effects could be because a simple heart-based meditation brought a 'calming effect' in our participants, resulting in an 'inner peace'. Such an effect also resulted in inner changes in our participants, including positive thinking, accepting and empathic attitude, and an increase in awareness of one's own emotions and the needs of others." This study adds to the existing literature supporting the benefits of Heartfulness practice, as reported by some previous studies showing the benefit of Heartfulness relaxation and meditation to reduce stress, burnout, loneliness, and improve the quality of sleep. Read More► Six Ways to Keep Exercising in Winter

Bhopal- A team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have in a review identified the biomolecular relationships between Covid-19, ageing, and diabetes. The review, published in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, presented that existing drugs used to treat diabetes, obesity and ageing can potentially be used to treat Covid-19. Similar naturally existing biomolecules were also explored in combination for the Covid treatment. "There are classes of compounds such as polyphenols found in plant-based food, curcumin (found in turmeric), and resveratrol (found in grapes), have been shown to not only slow down the ageing process, but also possess anti-viral properties," said Dr. Amjad Husain, Principal Scientist, and CEO of Innovation and Incubation Center for Entrepreneurship (IICE), IISER Bhopal, in a statement. Some other polyphenols that the researchers have identified as being useful for both Covid-19 treatment and comorbidity conditions such as diabetes and ageing may include catechins (present in green tea, cocoa and berries), procyanidins (found in apples, cinnamon and grape skin), and theaflavin (found in black tea). The researchers also present evidence of some existing potential anti-ageing drugs such as Rapamycin that can be explored for the Covid-19 treatment because of the common biochemical pathways associated with these diseases. Another such example is a drug Metformin , which is usually used to control blood sugar. The review showed that at the molecular level, there are intersecting pathways that are common to diabetes, ageing, and Covid-19. All three conditions are associated with oxidative stress and lowering of the immune response and complications arising from them lead to the onset of numerous other diseases such as cardiovascular disorders, eye diseases, neuropathy (nerve diseases), and nephropathy (kidney problems). The researchers believe that an ideal therapeutic candidate for Covid-19 should be able to target the pathways that are common to diabetes, ageing and the SARS-CoV-2 infection. Further, computational studies showed that lipids present in cell membranes play an important role in coronavirus infectivity. Natural compounds such as polyphenols may affect the binding of the virus to host receptors and the molecular interactions required for virus replication and release, thereby stopping the infection in its early stages, the team explained. Read More► Risk of Stroke Increases With Insulin Resistance: Study