An Introduction to Kundalini Yoga Meditation …

PRACTICETHE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINEV olume 10, Number 1, 2004, pp. 91 101 Mary Ann Liebert, Introduction to Kundalini yoga Meditation Techniques ThatAre Specific for the Treatment of Psychiatric DisordersDAVID S. SHANNAHOFF-KHALSAABSTRACTThe ancient system of Kundalini yoga includes a vast array of Meditation techniques and many were dis-covered to be specific for treating the psychiatric disorders as we know them today. One such technique wasfound to be specific for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the fourth most common psychiatricdisorder, and the tenth most disabling disorder worldwide. Two published clinical trials are described here fortreating OCD using a specific Kundalini yoga protocol. This OCD protocol also includes techniques that areuseful for a wide range of anxiety disorders, as well as a technique specific for learning to manage fear, onefor tranquilizing an angry mind, one for meeting mental challenges, and one for turning negative thoughts intopositive thoughts.

This author first began to learn Kundalini yoga in 1974, and during his early training as a Kundalini yoga teacher, in addition to numerous other meditation techniques, he learned a Kundalini yoga breathing meditation technique specific for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

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