Study of effect of guided meditation on quality of life in patients of end stage renal disease (ESRD) on maintenance hemodialysis - a randomised controlled trial.

Background: There is paucity of data regarding effects of guided meditation (Yoganidra) on quality of life among patients of chronic kidney disease on maintenance hemodialysis. Our objective was to study effects of guided meditation on physical, emotional, and cognitive dimensions of well-being and quality of life in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.

Method: We collected baseline and post intervention data in control and intervention groups on hemodialysis and studied the effect of Guided mediation provided for 6 weeks.

Cognitive style assessment among medical students: A step towards achieving meta-cognitive integration in medical education.

Background: Knowledge of cognition and its regulation are important meta-cognitive activities, which are crucial for enhancement of learning. Their explicit teaching is meaningful and necessary yet seldom undertaken systematically in medical education programmes.

Methods: We aimed to identify the cognitive styles using the Alert Scale of Cognitive Style among our undergraduate students.

Effect of Yoga-nidra on Adolescents Well-being: A Mixed Method Study.

Context: Adolescent well-being is a priority area for health-care interventions in the 21 century. Yoga-nidra is an ancient Indian method of enabling individuals to attain a positive state of deep physical, mental, and emotional relaxation. The practice produces a state of simultaneous relaxation and detachment resulting in inner awareness and release of stress on all planes of one's being.