A lot of our busy lives are associated with stress and anxiety which need to be removed from a deeper level. However, existing solutions remain on the surface, escaping the feelings that may not help to release physical, mental and spiritual pain. It is time to explore more to be done and things to get done to make people regain a feeling of pleasant, success and happiness. Flanagan and Ward (2017, p. 143) mentioned that “Evidence for the connection between physical and mental health is growing, as is interest in providing a holistic, mind–body approach to improving mental health and wellness”.
They further pointed out that an integrated mind–body wellness program included yoga, tai chi, mindfulness meditation, and nutrition education. In order to validate their findings and explore things need to be done, 14 articles related to yoga back pain and wellness have been searched from e-database and internet (2003-2019) via N’vivo content analysis. The key elements identified for pain relieve and wellness enhancement are:
“Million of them women—currently practice yoga. Another nine million Americans“
– Exercise modes (1,127 references);
– Pain relieve (933 references);
– Meditation (764 references);
– Integrated wellness (513 references);
– Mindfulness (142 references)
And, the documents that are of a relevance value of the above are: “Evidence & Feasibility of Implementing an Integrated Wellness Programme” (Flanagan and Ward, 2017), “Yoga Treatment”, (Wieland et al., 2017) and “Psychological Perception to Walking, Water Aerobics & Yoga” (Wei et al., 2006). Wellness service providers are recommended to design programs with a mixture of exercise modes, including meditation, mindfulness and yoga to release physical, mental and spiritual pain for sustainable development in life.
Selected Quotations on Exercise Modes
“Of life is improved with use of stress management interventions”
“Guided imagery, hypnosis, deep breathing, exercise, and massage.”
“Was associated with improvements in mood, anxiety, and physical symptoms”
“The downside: they do not work for everyone, and if taken”
“Clinically important benefits, including less use of pain medications”
“either yoga or stretching exercises or a comprehensive self”
Selected Quotations from Pain Relieve
“Besides causing pain, this can irritate the nerves that travel from”
“These lead to a troubled experience during pregnancy and adverse”
“Disability, pain intensity, depression, and medication use”
“Had moderate— not severe—back pain and relatively good mental health”
Selected Quotations from Meditation
“Consistent with findings from other studies of yoga for low back”
“Cope with stress. In one study, following a short yoga”
“Breathing techniques and guided meditation. It is proven to bolster”
“Harvard Medical School, who has studied the effectiveness of yoga in”
Author: Shirley Mo-Ching Yeung
AMDP 20 th Delegate, School of Design, Harvard University /
Head, School of Business, Gratia Christian
