Welcome to the Health And Yoga ResearchPapers! Yoga, to a large many around the world still carries a magical aura. Originating from India, the land of snake charmers, Yoga is sometimes mistaken for physical postures or exercises. In the Research Papers section, we have tried to bring together various efforts by Yoga and Natural Health institutes and organisations, who have propogated the authentic message of Yoga with a scientific perspective. The ResearchPapers section is intended to provide research papers to substantiate the scientific basis of Yoga The VYASA research papers have been arranged in the following sequence - 1. Physiology of Meditation Techniques 2. Physiology of Pranayama 3. Yoga for Rehabilitation 4. Yoga in Perception and Performance 5. Therapeutic Applications of Yoga The following papers have been submitted by ICYER, the International Centre for Yoga Education and Research (located at the Ananda Ashram in Pondicherry) 1. Modulation of Stress Induced by Isometric Handgrip test 2. Modulation to Cardiovascular Response to Exercise By Yoga Training 3. Effect of Mukha Bhastrika On Reaction Time 4. Effect Of Yoga Training on Handgrip and Pulmonary Functions 5. Effects of Six Weeks Shavasana Training on Heart Rate Viability If you are a yoga organisation, you are welcome to submit your Research Papers here at All content is copyrighted to Healthandyoga and its Research Partners Although these pages are being made available online, please note that there is no relaxation of copyright. You do not have permission to sell or distribute or reproduce Health and Yoga ResearchPapers text or any portion of the text in any form (printed, electronic or otherwise) or redistribute or translate or modify the text without written permission of Healthandyoga.com and the its partner Research Organisations. To do so is a violation of copyright law. If you wish to reproduce an extract from the book in a published work, you must first obtain permission in the usual way (according to the provisions of current copyright law). You need explicit written permission of Healthandyoga and its partner Research Organisation to republish any part or parts of the ResearchPapers Healthandyoga does not endorse the research papers. Healthandyoga publishes these papers online on its website www.HealthAndYoga.com only and does not stand gaurantee to the correctness of the claims of these papers. Get alerts about new research papers published online on the Yoga ResearchPapers, click here