Impact of Five Days Spiritual Practice in Himalayan Ashram of Sahaj Marg on Well-Being Related Parameters and Selected Physiological Indicators | The International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy

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Impact of Five Days Spiritual Practice in Himalayan Ashram of Sahaj Marg on Well-Being Related Parameters and Selected Physiological Indicators

Narendra Kumar Arya ,

National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering (NRCVEE), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

Kamlesh Singh ,

National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering (NRCVEE), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

Anushree Malik

National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering (NRCVEE), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.064/20170402

DOI: 10.25215/0402.064

ABSTRACT

Impact of five days spiritual practice in Himalayan Ashram of Sahaj Marg on well-being related parameters and selected physiological indicators has been studied on 55 participants (25 male, 30 female; age range 18-65 years; mean age = 49 years & SD = 12.5 years). It was found that mental health and its dimensions like emotional well- being and social well-being; positive experience and negative experience; Sat-Chit-Ananda; depression anxiety and stress had significant change towards improved well-being. However, psychological well-being, flourishing Scale and mindfulness did not show significant improvement after the sessions. Observations during the Semi-structured interview corroborated with the above results.

Keywords

Heartfulness, Sahaj Marg, Spiritual Practice, Well-being, Meditation

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Arya N, Singh K, Malik A (2017), Impact of Five Days Spiritual Practice in Himalayan Ashram of Sahaj Marg on Well-Being Related Parameters and Selected Physiological Indicators, International Journal of Indian Psychology, Volume 4 (2) DOI: 10.25215/0402.064 ,DIP: 18.01.064/20170402