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The emotionally detached loveless mother!

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Imagine a mother who is physically present but mentally and emotionally absent. This could be due to two factors: 1. Normal mother who hates family or children - this could be a cultural problem, or upbringing problem or an individual level problem  2. Abnormal mother who is emotionally detached and loveless  In both cases, imagine the plight of the family. The husband expects certain help, support and understanding from his wife for family and children. But it is absent. There is sex but no love. The mother is unable to pick up social cues and is selfish. She starts masking techniques and starts blaming husband or family for anything that goes wrong around. She does not understand the protectiveness of her husband and never engages in a proper conversation on it.  She does cooking for family but is not emotionally attached to them. Her children are confused and do not learn anything about social behaviour from her. She uses deception to remain in power but has poor decep...

Yoga and health: Is Yoga really useful? A meta-analysis in various conditions

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 Yoga has been claimed to aid in a number of health issues and said to be good for the well-being of a person. It has its origin in spirituality and mental well-being and some scattered studies on its benefits have been carried out in the world with variable results. Cochrane has done systematic reviews of it in various medical conditions.  Ian Chalmers founded the  Cochrane Collaboration in 1993  to do a systematic review of all the randomized controlled studies in the field of health care. In paramedical cases, even non-randomized and observational studies were included.  Let us have a look at it:  Cochrane Collaboration [Source: Researchgate] Yoga in depression Cochrane has found in 2013 that there was moderate evidence of the short-term use of yoga in depression as compared to other medicines. But there was limited evidence as regards its comparison with relaxation techniques. None of the studies talked about its safety in this condition and the lo...