Introduction: Yoga is a comprehensive practice affecting well-being through various systems, it can be easily practiced by young and old, at home, and at work. We have done a survey based on knowledge, attitude, and practice domains to assess quantitative and qualitative information. This survey will help researchers to understand the challenges faced by healthcare professionals in practicing Yoga and suggest remedial measures/solutions. Materials and methods: This study was a cross-sectional, observational, questionnaire-based survey. A total of 372 healthcare professionals, including faculty, junior residents, senior residents, nursing staff, MBBS, and nursing students of AIIMS, Raipur, were included in the study. Questionnaire-based data were collected over 2 months. All the questions were closed-ended. Results: It was found that participants [210 (69.3%)] believed that Yoga is Mind–body and spiritual practices, whereas 73 (24.09%) believed that Yoga is stretching, breathing, and meditation techniques for stress relief. Only 14 (0.04%) defined Yoga as a kind of physical exercise. Interestingly, 169 (55.78%) people responded that practice of Yoga cannot lead to any kind of injury. Around 154 (50.83%) people gave physical fitness as a reason to start Yoga, and about one-fourth [76 (25.08%)] of the people started Yoga as a part of school education. Around 51.16% of people found Yoga to be better than the gym, dance, or Zumba. It was also observed that among health professionals who had been practicing Yoga since a long time in 73.60% quite due to various reasons but only 18.48% are currently practicing Yoga. Conclusion: This survey indicates that adequate knowledge, the familiarity with Yoga, and a positive attitude toward Yoga are found to be present among healthcare professionals. However, future studies are warranted to identify the association between the knowledge and practice of Yoga.

Aim: In a 42-year-old married woman with metabolic syndrome (MS), the effect of naturopathic treatments on blood parameters and abdominal ultrasound compared before and after 12 weeks were evaluated. Methods: A 42-year-old married woman with obesity for 5 years, hypertension for 2 years on conventional medications, type 2 diabetes for 2 years (not on any medications), and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) for the past 2 years visited our clinic in June 2022. She underwent naturopathic treatments and dietary interventions for 12 weeks. Blood investigations like fasting blood sugar (FBS) levels, postprandial blood sugar levels (PPBS), lipid profile, liver function test (LFT), renal function test (RFT), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and abdomen ultrasound sonography (USG). Results: The patient's FBS, PPBS, total cholesterol, LFT, RFT, HbA1c, body weight, body mass index (BMI), and liver size in USG of the abdomen, were reduced at a 12 weeks of intervention. Conclusion: According to the study, MS can be efficiently managed with a naturopathic lifestyle adjustment.

Neurosurgery patients are often critically ill and face stress and postoperative pain. Neurosurgeons also face many problems, like burnout. There is a need for individual and organizational interventions to promote their well-being. This article showcases the life shifts in the medical practice of a neurosurgeon, Dr Praveen Kumar Tripathi, Assistant Professor, SRMS-IMS, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, through his ventures into spiritual healing. His Shrimad Bhagavad Gita sessions held in hybrid mode on the hospital campus at his official residence are attended by 30–40 devotees (patients, doctors, and staff). They reported having positive thoughts, a better perception of life, and self-satisfaction. Academicians’ social responsibility (ASR) concept applied to medical colleges can help doctors improve their relationships with patients and the community. As a part of the ASR campus hygiene initiative, for more than 4 years, students from its Neuroscience Research Lab at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, have dedicated 2 hours every week to establish a cleaner and healthier environment. This also brought positive changes among staff, patients, and their caregivers. Integrative healing services use non-pharmacologic, alternative therapies to improve patient outcomes by focusing on the whole person. There is also a need to use this regime to foster neurosurgeons’ well-being. For example, an international workshop was organized at PGIMER in 2024 to sensitize doctors on the usefulness of practicing Yoga. This way, neuroscientists from two medical institutes applied a health-promoting hospital approach to address healthcare workers’ and patients’ physical and spiritual needs.

Health is the most important attribute in human thinking and survival. The dissociation between various disciplines of science calls for integration, science translation, and the welfare of society. The health system is slowly moving toward the integrative health system globally. Global integrative health is emerging with the concept of integrating health and healing process, which condemns the modern health system, where concern is more toward the outer symptoms than treating the causative aspects. It lays emphasis on patient charge, which requires a mindset for a holistic approach that leads to the merge of modern medicine with alternative medicine and equal participation of patients toward healing, as well as knowledge of the condition and why the disease has occurred. This brings the concept of integration as well as mind body medicine. There are various forms of integrative medicine (IM) modules prevailing throughout the world that require analysis. Among traditional sciences, Yoga and Ayurveda are now widely accepted, practiced, and taught globally. The aim of this review is to understand the prevailing integrative health systems globally. We also focus on the use of IMs as a system in non-communicable disorders. It is likely to guide new research based on IM.