Mat to Clinic: A Systemati c Review on Role of Therapeuti c Yoga in Clinical Management of Mental Disorders and Wellbeing Promoti on in Integrati ve Health Care

Abstract

Therapeuti c psychology has been directed towards uti lizing a synthesized approach of the Western and Eastern principles of health and healing with the emerging discipline of integrati ve care to adapt the potenti als of holisti c care relapse preventi on, and promoti on of a healthy lifestyle. Integrati ve care has introduced several therapeuti c approaches and one of the prominent mind-body interventi ons was yoga therapy or therapeuti c yoga. Yoga is a practi ce that has developed with the practi ce of physical posture (asana), breathing experience (pranayama), and meditati on (dhyana), which provided the foundati on for contemporary yoga therapy. Globally, both researchers and clinicians in mental health have uti lized this approach to treat common mental health disorders and indicate signifi cant outcomes related to the eff ecti ve management of mental disorders such as depression, bipolar aff ecti ve disorder, anxiety schizophrenia, and so on. In additi on, yoga therapy was eff ecti ve in the management of stress or the causes of mental disorders. Therefore, this study evidenti ally shows the contributi on of yoga in the management of common mental disorders and the tool of preventi on in future mental health care.