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Yoga and Mental Health – Concepts, Experimental Findings & Applications

Dr. Ramajayam Govindaraji

IKSMHA Centre, IIT Mandi

Summary: This special session will explore the intricate relationship between yoga and mental health through both conceptual reviews and experimental findings.

Two review papers—one on Consciousness and Mental Health and another on Nadhanusandhana (contemplation on sound)—provide a theoretical foundation rooted in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and other yogic scriptures. Complementing these, two experimental studies offer empirical insights: one investigating qualitative differences in mind wandering among meditators using experience sampling, and another examining the efficacy of Rajayoga as a distant healing intervention in a hospital setting. Together, these discussions aim to bridge traditional yogic perspectives with contemporary psychological and neuroscientific research, offering valuable insights for researchers, clinicians, and practitioners.

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Venue Location

4 - 7 June, 2025
IKSMHA Centre
IIT-Mandi (North and South Campus) Himachal Pradesh

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Contact us at iksmha@iitmandi.ac.in
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Confluence of Indian Knowledge System and Neuroscience

Dr. Arnav Bhavsar
Dr. Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury
School of Computing and Electrical Engg
IIT Mandi

From time immemorial, the notion of ‘Mind’ has tinkered the philosophers and scientists. The ancient Indian philosophies understood the Mind and explained the processes to understand life. Contrary to this, modern neuroscience has progressed significantly in explaining the brain, its components, structural and functional connectivities and processes. Still the enigma called “MIND’ and its deeper questions remain. Does Neuroscience map with the older models evolving from the Indian Knowledge Systems? Is there a continuity in the knowledge about Mind, Brain and behaviour, from past to future? This special session is aimed at unraveling the attempts to reveal the link, interface and questions between the rich Indian knowledge systems that addressed ‘Mind’ and the state of the art neuroscience.

Important Information:

Kindly submit your abstract/extended abstract/paper at:
You may find details of the format and other information about the conference at http://iksmha.iitmandi.ac.in/mbcc

Word limit for abstracts : 250 words
Word limit for extended abstracts: 1000 words
Word limit for papers: 6000 words

Deadline for abstracts submission : 21st September 2023
Results of accepted abstracts: 30th September 2023

Every submission will be reviewed by at least two researchers in this field. As per the guidelines of the organizing team of MBCC-2023, we will select around 6 articles for presentation in this special session of MBCC-2023 at IIT Mandi.

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arnav@iitmandi.ac.in
src@iitmandi.ac.in