Part I: Experience of Trasa according to Indian Scriptures
Part II: A Study of Somatization of Stress & Coping Strategies in Patents following IAYT in a 7 Days Yoga Camp
By

Ruchir Ahuja

ABSTRACT
Part I: Experience of Trasa according to Indian Scriptures

Träsaù in saàskåta literally means discomfort, suffering or inside burning due to inconvenience at physiological and psychological levels in the body. According to Indian scriptures, there are three types of suffering or inside burning (träsaù) which are(1) ädhibhautika träsaù, (2) ädhidaévika- träsaù, (3) ädhyätmika- träsaù.
In ädhibhautika träsaù all the environmental factors like wild animals; change of seasons and polution of air, water & land come which effect our body.
In ädhidaévika- träsaù all the external astrological or supernatural powers of devas, effects of planets, yakñas and devils come which can bring pain, disease, fear and inside burning.
In ädhyätmika-träsaù there is inside burning in the body at psychological and physiological levels due to disbalance in doñas. Factors responsible for this type of träsaù are räga, dveña, käma and krodha.
Acording to Indian scriptures träsaù can be tranquillized with the help of  correct knowledge  or with the knowledge of self .

Part II: A Study of Somatization of Stress & Coping Strategies in Patents following IAYT in a 7 Days Yoga Camp
Seventy normal volunteers and seventy patients with different illnesses for chosen from a large sample of individuals who were attending a one week yoga camp. Somatic indications of distress based on a subsection of the Symptom checklist-90-Revised were assessed at the beginning (Day 1) and at end (Day 7) of the camp. Normal volunteers and patients were also asked to give their first choice of a stress coping strategy, from six choices, given to them on Day 1. Normal volunteers and patients were sub-categorized as those who used (i) philosophical, (ii) interpersonal, or (iii) denial coping strategies. Those who used philosophical coping strategies showed the most reduction in somatization of stress, after yoga.
In the present study somatization of stress significantly decreased considerably in normal healthy volunteers and patients suffering from various stress-related diseases treated in yoga camp.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION  
SUMMARY
In this study a total of 140 from two groups, healthy volunteers group (n = 70) and participants group (n = 70) from a seven-days yoga camp were included. The subjects of both groups were assessed at the beginning & on the seventh day of yoga camp by using SCL-90R & coping strategies at baseline. The data analysis was done by using SPSS package through Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test and Mann-Whitney test.
In the present study somatization of stress significantly decreased considerably in normal healthy volunteers and patients suffering from various stress-related diseases treated in yoga camp. Coping strategies taken by participants also showed reduction in somatization of stress following 7 day yoga intervention.
CONCLUSION
From scrutiny of above results it is concluded that reduction of somatization of stress noticed in seven-day yoga camp is the result of IAYT which showed beneficial effects in reduction of somatization of stress.

Key words: Yoga      Stress Coping