STRESS RELATED PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN POLICE PERSONNEL DURING COVID – 19 PANDEMIC WITH GUIDELINES OF COLOUR MEDITATION (LESHYA DHYAN): A SURVEY STUDY

Authors

  • Gupta Nikeeta Deokinandan Gupta Pg student

Keywords:

Colour meditation (Leshya Dhyan), Psychological issues, Psychological stress, CoViD-19 pandemic, Yoga, Police personnel.

Abstract

The Coronavirus pandemic is the current pandemic of CoViD-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This is highly infectious disease and potentially fatal. Since there is no exact medicine, the whole world is surviving under the fear of death. But the most affected people in this pandemic are frontline warriors include Doctors, Nurses, paramedical staff, cleaning workers, pharmacist and police personnel. Amongst this, police personnel are doing their work everywhere including high risk area. Also, they didn’t get have expert knowledge of maintaining their psychological health. Therefore, A survey study was conducted by interacting with police personnel (n=30) to know the psychological issues they are suffering. A questionnaire was prepared, and data collected. After analyzing this data, it is found that police personnel are suffering from severe psychological stress with the anxiety related issues of sleep disturbance, digestive problems, loss of interest in work, increased irritability, loose in weight, headache, etc. As yoga is the foremost technique of reducing psychological stress, the technique of Colour meditation (Leshya Dhyan) was guided to police personnel at the time of survey study.  Daily practice of colour mediation have beneficial effect to reduce psychological health.it helps in activation of parasympathetic nervous system which makes the people happier by reducing fight and flight activity. Hence, the study was planned, and it is appealed to police personal to practice colour meditation.

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Published

2020-11-26

How to Cite

Gupta, G. N. D. (2020). STRESS RELATED PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN POLICE PERSONNEL DURING COVID – 19 PANDEMIC WITH GUIDELINES OF COLOUR MEDITATION (LESHYA DHYAN): A SURVEY STUDY. Ayurline: International Journal of Research in Indian Medicine, 4(06). Retrieved from https://ayurline.in/index.php/ayurline/article/view/455

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