Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Therapeutic Approaches

Question:

_______ Yoga helps in processing emotional stimuli better and is effective in treating obsessive - compulsive disorder.

Options:

Ashtanga

Kundalini

Vipasana

Sudarshana Kriya

Correct Answer:

Kundalini

Explanation:

Kundalini Yoga taught in the USA has been found to be effective in treatment of mental disorders. The Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, USA has found that Kundalini Yoga is effective in the treatment of obsessivecompulsive disorder. Kundalini Yoga combines pranayama or breathing techniques with chanting of mantras. Prevention of repeated episodes of depression may be helped by mindfulnessbased meditation or Vipasana. This meditation would help the patients to process emotional stimuli better and hence prevent biases in the processing of these stimuli