Yoga Research a Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 2007-16

Yoga is a healing system practised for over 5,000 years combining breathing exercises, physical postures, and meditation for relaxation, flexibility, range of motion and strength, and restoring balance in the nervous system. 1 Yoga has positive healing effects on a broad spectrum of health domains, physiologic as well as psychological well-being. 2 As a holistic application, an adjuvant therapy in clinical practice, yoga provides health benefits beyond traditional treatment alone. Yoga practices unify the mind and body through coordinated breathing (pranayama), movement (asana) and meditation (dhyana). Yoga reduces stress and anxiety, controls aggravating effects of stress on cardiovascular health, mental health, chronic pain, and sleep disorders in human being. Yoga has emerged as a philosophical or spiritual discipline of theory and practice, bringing relief to human beings, alleviating their sufferings from disease, 5 from depression, anxiety) 6,7,8 and from biological, psychological and social disruptions caused by stress. cientists and doctors from institutions across the world are engaged in research pursuits to make yoga