Forthcoming Monograph
Mental Health Perspective on Yoga as Citta Vritti Nirodhah in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
Abstract
This essay covers the first 16 sutras of Sage Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras from the Mental Health point of view. Concepts like Vritti, Citta, Abhyasa, Vairagya and their basis in the definition of Yoga as citta vritti nirodhah are delineated with illustrative examples that clarify them for mental health workers and researchers who may not have knowledge of Sanskrit. The concepts described herein need to be submitted to rigorous experimental scrutiny. Also, their neurobiological correlates need to be discovered and validated to make them relevant for future scientific study.