
The entire process takes just about 45 minutes. One should avoid doing it immediately after having a meal. Sudarshan Kriya can be practised at any time of the day. This technique has favourable effects on your mind-body connection. Besides this, it promotes both physical and mental well-being. Not only this, the kriya also significantly reduces stress, depression, and anxiety. It enhances brain, hormone, immunity and cardiovascular system functioning. You take control of your breath in this kriya. The breathing ranges from slow and calming to rapid and stimulating. The three combined together 'Sudarshan Kriya' means ' proper vision by purifying action.' It is a unique breathing practice that involves cyclical breathing pattern. In yogic science 'Kriya' means to purify the body. 'Su' means proper, and 'darshan' means vision. It is an effortless process that helps to de-stress and remove the negativity by drawing you into a deep state of meditation. Sudarshan Kriya is a powerful rhythmic breathing technique. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Mary Ann Liebert Sudarshan Kriya: A Yoga Technique for Overall Well-being Health care providers play a crucial role in encouraging patients to maintain their yoga practices. Proper training by a skilled teacher and a 30-minute practice every day will maximize the benefits. Yoga techniques enhance well-being, mood, attention, mental focus, and stress tolerance.

SKY has been used as a public health intervention to alleviate PTSD in survivors of mass disasters.

Although more clinical studies are needed to document the benefits of programs that combine pranayama (yogic breathing) asanas (yoga postures), and meditation, there is sufficient evidence to consider Sudarshan Kriya Yoga to be a beneficial, low-risk, low-cost adjunct to the treatment of stress, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, stress-related medical illnesses, substance abuse, and rehabilitation of criminal offenders. Part II will review clinical studies, our own clinical observations, and guidelines for the safe and effective use of yoga breath techniques in a wide range of clinical conditions. Part I of this series presented a neurophysiologic theory of the effects of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY). Yogic breathing is a unique method for balancing the autonomic nervous system and influencing psychologic and stress-related disorders. Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part II-Clinical Applications and Guidelines Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part.
