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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

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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 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.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.064/20170402

10.25215/0402.064

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Published in   Volume 04, Issue 2, January-March, 2017