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Next-Generation Techniques for Validating Yoga Effect on the Cardiovascular System

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Yoga, an ancient discipline is a holistic intervention between mind and body aimed at physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. The following chapter gives an overview of the next-generation techniques for the scientific validation of yoga.

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  1. Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Kochhar Kanwal Preet, Yadav Raj Kumar,  Sunil & Shweta Sharma

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  1. Cardiologist & Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Director of Cardiovascular Research, Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Indranill Basu-Ray

  2. Medical Director, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine & Director, Office for Well-Being, Center for Faculty Development, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

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Data search review and bibliography management: Riya Madan and Kushankur Pandit.

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Preet, K.K., Raj Kumar, Y., Sunil, Sharma, S. (2022). Next-Generation Techniques for Validating Yoga Effect on the Cardiovascular System. In: Basu-Ray, I., Mehta, D. (eds) The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Cardiovascular Medicine. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6913-2_12

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