Kundalini Yoga meditation techniques for psycho-oncology and as potential therapies for cancer

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-100

  Shannahoff Khalsa, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Khalsa Foundation for Medical Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Cancer; Depression; Fear; Meditation; Psycho oncology; Yoga

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEAR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA; ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOGA;

EID: 13844257480     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735404273841     Document Type: Review

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