Integrated yoga and naturopathy intervention on autistic children: a behavioral and electro-photonic imaging study

Previous studies reported that yoga brings positive changes initially at the physical level, then at the mental level. Most of the children’s imitating skills increased during the first few days of intervention which was essential for the learning process and this helped children to practice asanas looking at their parents. Yoga helps ASD children to increase imitating skill was proved in one of the previous studies also (Shantha Radhakrishna, 2010) According to parent’s feedback after one month of intervention most of the children improved in sleep and digestion related problems. During night children slept without any interruption for a longer period compared to pre-intervention, going to bed in the night and getting up from bed in the morning not sleeping during day time were some of the improvements observed and this helped parents and other family members to have good sleep themselves during the night. Some children who were snoring and breathing from the mouth during sleep also stopped. Many children started taking balanced food instead of over eating every time.

The pathophysiology of ASD is still unclear and uncertain and there is no specific objective assessment available to diagnose this condition alone. Therefore, it is a need to explore and correlates the biophotonic pattern of EPI with symptoms of ASD. Also, to establish a framework for diagnosis and management of autistic behavior disorder by introducing Yoga and Naturopathy treatment as an effective intervention.