Papers by Saravanan Kaliyaperumal
This article offers a comprehensive perspective on how Western psychological theory and practice,... more This article offers a comprehensive perspective on how Western psychological theory and practice, specifically developments in somatic psychology, can be integrated with the scientific insights of Yoga in order to produce a more thorough model that seeks to reduce the symptoms of psychological trauma and promote overall well-being. Toward this goal, the article offers a literature review that includes trauma studies, neuroscience, mindfulness, and yoga. By integrating these disciplines, we discover new possibilities for healing psychological trauma in the body through yogic techniques, including physical postures, meditation, and breathing exercises. The article also introduces an overview of the Yoga & Psyche Method, a process that allows practitioners to easily experience and teach this integration to clients and offers five key insights and possibilities that result from this integration. This synthesis of Eastern philosophy and modern scientific research offers a possibility for further developments in psychological theory, research, and effective therapeutic treatments. Psychology is a field in the making. Whereas many of the wisdom traditions have been developing philosophies and methods to address the great questions facing humanity for thousands of years, Western psychology is just over a hundred years old. Globalization, the increasing interest in Eastern traditions such as Yoga, and significant developments in neuroscience, trauma research, and somatic psychology, have opened up the doors for a synthesis of Eastern and Western approaches to well-being that include the treatment of clinical disorders, as well psychological health and thriving. This article offers an insight into what the integration of Western psychology and ancient yogic wisdom might look like. We begin by describing important findings and developments in somatic psychology, yoga research, breathing techniques, and mindfulness. The literature review then summarizes current trauma research in order to illustrate the importance of incorporating the body and yoga in the treatment of trauma. To conclude, we offer five key insights and implications of this integration, and consider the important questions and research directions for further developments in this emergent interdisciplinary
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Papers by Saravanan Kaliyaperumal