Overview

This research is designed to study how an Indian meditation practice—Yoga Nidra, —affects brain activity and cognitive functions. We will use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and behavioral tests to examine how these practices influence attention, relaxation, and brain networks.

Yoga Nidra (YN)—often translated as “yogic sleep”—is a guided, supine practice that induces deep relaxation while maintaining awareness.

Establishing pre/post-rest signatures after a single standardized YN session, and again after 23 days of daily practice, directly addresses this gap.


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Objectives of Event

  1. Using resting state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) scans, quantify pre and post meditation state effects involving changes in functional neural network activity and cognitive function in novices.
  2. Evaluate trait effects involving changes in functional neural network activity and cognitive function in the same set of novices after a 23 days training (2 days of theoretical workshop and 21 days of practical training) by expert practitioner-trainers.
  3. Relate rs-FC changes to practice adherence and sleep improvements
  4. Examine network-level changes within the triple-network model (DMN, salience, executive).

Convener Details

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Speaker Details:

  • 6. Mr. Krishna Kumar, Foundation for Indic Wisdom, Nelamangala, Bangalore - 562123 INDIA