Tratak and its benefits: A Review

Anshu Chundawat; Srikanta Kumar Panda

doi:10.21760/jaims.8.5.10

Anshu Chundawat Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Kriya Sharira, A & U Tibbia College and Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Srikanta Kumar Panda Associate Professor, Department of Kriya Sharira, A & U Tibbia College and Hospital, New Delhi, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.8.5.10

Keywords: Trataka, physio-psychological problems, Yoga

Abstract

At the present time several Yogic practices, meditation, Pranayama, and Mantra, etc. are playing important role in treating physiological and psychological problems. The ancient Indian Yoga text, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, describes six cleansing techniques. The objective of cleansing techniques is to purify and prepare the body for the practice of yoga postures, and meditation. Trataka (Yogic visual concentration technique) is one of these techniques. In this study, ancient texts and contemporary research findings are analysed to gain a better understanding of Trataka.

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