III International Scientific Conference on Yoga and Ayurveda DETAILED PROGRAM Friday, 24.06 15:00 – 16:00 Meeting of the speakers Inaugural Ceremony

16:45 – 16:50 – Prayers by The Rev. Pbr. Wiesław Niewęgłowski and The Rev. Pbr. Stanisław Rabiej 16:50 – 16:55 – Prayers by H.E. Chandra Mohan Bhandari, world yoga Ambassador 16:55 – 17:00 – Welcome speach and Conference announcement by H.E. Chandra Mohan Bhandari. 17:00 – 17:05 – Speech by Ms Martine Reicherts, EC, Director-General Education and Culture 17:05 – 17:10 – Speach by H.E. Ajay Bisaria, Ambassador of the Republic of India in Poland 17:10 – 17:15 – Speach by Vice Chanceller, Opole University of Technology 17:15 – 17:20 – Speach by Adrian Czubak, Opole Voivodship marshal 17:20 – 17:25 – Speach by Arkadiusz Wiśniewski, president of Opole Town

Inaugural Session, Opening lectures: Yoga in education and social health 17:30 – 18:00 Martine Reicherts, European Commission, Director-General for Education and Culture, LUXEMBURG Title: Education, a way to achieve social inclusion 18:00 – 18:30 Romuald Cichoń, M.D., Ph.D. Head of the Cardiosurgical Clinic at the University of Warsaw, The President, Director-General, Medinet Sp. z o.o., Wrocław, POLAND Title: Coronary Arterx Disease – Today 18:30 – 19:00 Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA Director of Research, Kundalini Research Institute and Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, INDIA. Title: Yoga in Schools: A Scientific Rationale and Research Review 19:00 – 19:30 Prof. Krzysztof Konecki University of Lodz, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Sociology, POLAND Title: Yoga in higher education in Poland 19:30 – 20:30 Gala dinner 20:30 – 21:00 Concert 21:00 – 22:00 Discussion Panels:

1) Martine Reicherts, Sat Bir Khalsa, Prof. Krzysztof Konecki,: Yoga in education programs 2) Jayant Bhadury, Hemant Bhadury, Sunil Kumar Joshi – Yoga and Ayurveda: practical applications in life 3) Mridul Joshi, Swami Muditavadanananda, Raghavan Ramankutty, Filip Ruciński: The place of Sanskrit in Yoga and Ayurveda science and practice.

Saturday, 25.06 6:30 – 7:45 Morning Yoga session – Chandra Mohan Bhandari 7:45 – Breakfast

Session I – Prevention of non-communicable lifestyle

diseases and rehabilitation and rejuvenation from trauma through Yoga and Ayurveda practices Moderators: Chandra Mohan Bhandari, Prof. Jarosław Marusiak 9:00 – 9:30 Chandra Mohan Bhandari INDIA Institute of Yoga & Ayurveda, Sulislaw. Title: Yogic Evolution Of Consciousness 9:30 – 10:00 Raghavan Ramankutty, M.D., Sarada Raghavan, INDIA International Foundation for Ayurveda & Yoga Research and Training Trust, Kerala, India & Datha Ayuryoga International Health Institute D.O.O, , Podgorica, MONTENEGRO Title: Dathathreya Ayurveda Therapy Can Cure Multiple Sclerosis 10:00 – 10:30 Rishi Ram Koirala, M.D., Ayurveda Medical Director, Ayurveda Health Home Pvt. Ltd. Nepal-German Joint Venture, Tilingatar, Kathmandu, NEPAL Title: The Effect of Ayurveda Therapy-Shirodhara (Therapeutic oil-dripping on forehead) treatment- in Chronic Stress (Tension) Headache (A Pilot Study) 10:30 – 10:45 Raghawendra Gowd Soham Ayur Yoga Eco Ashram, Bangaluru, INDIA, Soham Foundation, GERMANY Title: Prevention of Non-communicable lifestyle diseases and Rehabilitation and Rejuvenation from Trauma through Yoga and Ayurveda practices 10:45 – 11:00 Wojciech Stefaniak1, Maciej Rębisz2,3 1 Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Institute of Physiotherapy, POLAND 2 University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, doctoral studies, POLAND 3 Medicus w Opolu sp. z. o. o. POLAND Title: Therapeutic exercise for low back pain management 11:00 – 11:15 Karina Słonka1, Ph.D., Bożena Królikowska,2 Ph.D., Urszula Gumola3 1 Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Institute of Physiotherapy, POLAND

Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Institute of Physiotherapy, Institute of Tourism and Recreation, POLAND 3 Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Students of science Club ‘Akton’, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, POLAND Title: The effect of yoga exercises on psycho-physical health 2

11:15 – 11:30 Małgorzata Pilakowska1, Marta Plata1, Roland Pampuch2 1Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Students of science Club ‘Akton’, POLAND 2 Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, POLAND Title: The effect of yoga on the cardiovascular system. 11:30 Tea break

Session II – Mindfulness and meditation sciences for lifestyle and stress management.

Moderator: Prof. Macin Krawczyński, Stephen Parker, Ph.D. 12:00 – 12:30 Stephen Anthony Parker, Ph.D. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Council on Yoga Accreditation International, USA Title: Becoming an Advanced Beginner: Advancement in Yoga Through Refinement of Fundamentals and Assumption of a Beginner’s Mind. 12:30 – 12:50 Jarosław Marusiak, Ph.D. University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Faculty of Physiotherapy, POLAND Title: The Effect of excercises on breain health. 12:50 – 13:10 Marcin Krawczyński, Ph.D.
 Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu w Gdańsku, psycholog, kierownik Katedry Nauk Humanistycznych oraz prorektor Uniwersytetu Atheneum w Gdańsku, POLAND Title: Stress Management in Sport: How to Reduce Prevent and Cope Stress. 13:10 – 13:30 Mridul Joshi, Ph.D. 
 Assistant Professor, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, INDIA Title: Mantra: Science of Supernatural Powers. 13:30 – 14:00 Swami Muditavadanananda Saraswati Anand Ashram, Arsha Vidya Aranyam Trust, Gujarat, INDIA Title: A discussion on meditation: Its impact on stress & its management 14:00 Lunch

Session III – The role of asanas and pranayamas in natural health maintainence Moderator: Sunil Kumar Joshi, Adriana Zagórska,

15:00 – 15:30 Sunil Kumar Joshi, M.D. Medical Suprintendent/Head of the Department, Gurukul Kangari Campus, Uttarakhand Ayurved University, Hardwar (Uttarakhand) INDIA. Title: Marma Pranasana: Trio of Self Marma stimulation, Pranayama and Asana. 15:30 - 16:00 Adriana Zagórska, Ph.D. Józef Piłsudzki University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Psychology, Polish Psychologists' Association, Polish Olympic Committee, POLAND Title: Breathing for Health: Influence of breathing technique on health. 16:00 – 16:20 Filip Ruciński Instytut Jogi I Ajurwedy w Sulisławiu Title: Relation between prana and consciousness 16:20 – 16:35 Magdalena Pawlik1, Katarzyna Maniakowska1, Łukasz Zalewski2, dr Karina Słonka2 1 Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Students Scientific Club ‘Akton’, 2 Opole University of Technology, Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy. Title: The effect of yoga exercises on range of joint mobility among students

Session IV Pulse examination in Ayurveda for diagnosis and therapy Moderators: Raghavan Ramankutty M.D., Jerzy Sacha, Ph.D. 17:00 – 17:20 Jerzy Sacha, Ph.D. Opole Voivodship Medical Centre, Opole, Title: Heart Rate and its Clinical Significance 17:20 – 17:40 Paul Emerson

 Boston Scientific, Inc., Minneapolis Title: The physiological substrate of prāna: breath correlates 17:40 – 18:10 Jayant K. Bhadury M.D., Hemant K. Bhadury Bhrigu Yoga Trust, Varanasi. Title: Heart Disease – Ayurved, Jyotish and Bhrigu-Yog perspectives: symptoms and treatments 18:10 – 18:25 1Hans-Jörg L. Weber, Ph.D., 2Ulrich Randoll Ph.D., 1 Free Researcher, Leisure Industry Consultant & MaRhyThe-Yoga-Trainings 2President/Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Randoll Institut Nonprofit Organization for Matrix Research and Education, Lortzingstraße 26, Munich, GERMANY Title: Improve Yoga? A new approach to support Yoga-teacher with a pre Yoga relaxation technique for body & mind. 18:45 – 19:30 Meditation with Chandra Mohan Bhandari

19:30 – 20:30 Dinner 21:00 – 22:00 Discussion panels: 1) Stephen Anthony Parker, Sat Bir Khalsa, Paul Emerson, Hans-Jörg L. Weber: Deep relaxation methods in Yoga 2) Chandra Mohan Bhandari, Sunil Kumar Joshi, Raghavan Ramankutty: Nervous stimulations through Marma Chikitsa for immediate pain relief and treating chronic disorders 3) Krzystof Stec, Zbigniew Borysiuk: Dynamic yoga exercises in sport

SUNDAY, 26.06 6:30 – 7:45 Morning Yoga Practice – C.M. Bhandari 7:45 – 8:30 Breakfast

Session V – New approaches in integrative medicine and Yoga

Moderators: Prof. Dariusz Patkowski, Sat Bir Khalsa Ph.D., Zbigniew Borysiuk Ph.D. 9:00 – 9:30 Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School, USA, Committee of National AAPI (American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin), National Academy of Ayurveda, India Title: Yoga as Integrative Medicine and Prevention: The Science and the Research Evidence 9:30 – 9:45 Aleksandra M. Rogowska Ph.D., Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy Title: Synaesthesia and meditation: Is there a link? 9:45 – 10:00 - Monika Błaszczyszyn 1 Ph.D., Joanna Kidoń2 , Leszek Wojciuch2 1Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Department of Antropomotorics, Poland 2Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 7 Upper Silesian Medical Center, Katowice Ochojec, Poland Title: Changes of brain excitability under the action of relaxing music 10:00 – 10:20 – Zbigniew Borysiuk1 Ph.D., Monika Błaszczyszyn1 Ph.D., Hanna Tolchieva2 Ph.D. 1Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical and Physiotherapy, Chair of Human Kinesiology 2Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture, Kharkov, Ukraine Title: The use of EMG in the study of the activity level of movement patterns during yoga training 10:20 – 10:40 – Krzysztof Stec1, Ph.D., Karol Pilis1, Ph.D., Prof. Wiesław Pilis 1, 2, Cezary Michalski1, Ph.D.

Institute of Physical Education, Tourism and Physiotherapy, Jan Długosz University in Czestochowa, Poland 2 Institute of Physiotherapy, Public Medical Higher Vocational School, Opole, Poland Title: Individual Metabolic Differences During Dynamic Suryanamaskar 1

10:40 – 10:55 Daria Hołodnik, Ph.D. Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy Title: Uncovering “the body of enjoyment”- Dzogczen philosophy approach. 10:55 – Tea break

Session VI – Advances in Yoga and Ayurveda practice and research Moderators: Jaynat K. Bhadury M.D., Filip Ruciński 11:10 – 11:30 Ania Chomczyk1, Krystian Mesjasz2
 1SWPS Uniwersyty of Social Science and Humanities, Warsaw, POLAND 2Uniwersity of Opole, Faculty of Polish Studies, Opole, POLAND Title: Yoga matters: presentation of the results of the quantative research on Yoga in Poland 11:30 – 11:45 Suman Bhurtel, NEPAL Synergy University, Moscow Title: Exploring the Advancement of Vedic Science Through the Application of Yoga and Ayurveda 11:45 – 12:00 Arun Budhiraja

 Krishna Prerna Charitable Trust, New Delhi, INDIA Title: Bhog – temple food of India 12:00 – 12:15 Ulrich Berk, Ph.D. 
 President, German Association of Homa Therapy, Mühlingen. GERMNY Title: Homa Therapy in Yoga and Ayurveda 12:15 – 12:25 Barry Rathner Fundacja Terapia Homa, Jordanow, Poland Title: Homa Psychotherapy 12:25 – 12:35 Jarosław Bizberg Fundacja Terapia Homa, Jordanow, Poland Title: Agnihotra and Agnihotra Ash Remedies (bhasma) and Homa Organic Gardening 12:35 – 13:20 – CLOSING CEREMONY 13:30 – 14:00 – Fire ceremony: Swami Muditavadanananda, Ulrich Berk, Barry Rathner, Jarosław Bizberg

14:00 – Lunch