Exploring the Role of Yoga, Meditation, Spirituality and Sports in Mental Health
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The issue of mental health has become rather pressing in today’s world, with stress, anxiety, and depression rates increasing steadily. The paper analyzes ways in which yoga, meditation, spirituality, and sports can be used jointly as holistic tools to enhance mental well-being. Using literature review and theoretical approaches from various disciplines, the paper develops a conceptual framework incorporating all four factors mentioned above and exploring their impacts individually and collectively on psychological state. Based on a descriptive and analytical method, the study is conducted by analyzing secondary data through correlation, regression, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).
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