Evaluation of Yoga Nidra In the Treatment of Depressive Disorder

<p>Abstract<br>The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of Yoga Nidra&nbsp;<br>interventions in improving depressive disorder. This study was conducted at&nbsp;<br>the Sir Sundar Lal Hospital, BHU, Varanasi. 10 patients were kept in&nbsp;<br>experimental group undergoing Yoga Nidra and 10 patients were kept in&nbsp;<br>control group who were taking the herbal medication. Each patient of&nbsp;<br>experimental group underwent 30 minutes practice of Yoga Nidra for the&nbsp;<br>total duration of 7 days. DASS- scale was used to assess the level of&nbsp;<br>depression in patients. The result has shown significant reduction of&nbsp;<br>depression score in the both of the groups. It was important to note that<br>the reduction of depression score was relatively more in experimental group&nbsp;<br>as compared to control group. Therefore the practice of Yoga Nidra has an&nbsp;<br>edge over the medication intake in tackling the depression</p> <p>Keywords: Yoga Nidra, Depression</p>