Psychosomatic Associations Between Thinking Patterns and Parkinson’s Disease from a Yoga Philosophy Perspective:
Psychosomatic Associations Between Thinking Patterns and Parkinson’s Disease from a Yoga Philosophy Perspective: A New Zealand Cross-Sectional Study Sridhar Maddela, MHSc, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500,1 Stephen Buetow, MA (Hons), PhD1 Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Correspondence: drsridhar.maddela@gmail.com Abstract When investigating the etiology of diseases, epidemiological observational studies traditionally deemphasize psychoso- matic associations. Exploring cognitive behavior provides an insight into how psychosomatic associations affect dis- ease. Yoga philosophy identifies the kleshas (mental afflic- tions) of ignorance, ego, desire, hatred, and fear of death with disease. This is because individuals’ perceptions and beliefs generate and reflect streams of thought that may shape their behavior and manifest as, or predispose them to, particular disease(s). The present study takes a yogic philo- sophical perspective...