Balakrishnan, RagavendrasamyNanjundaiah, Ramesh MavathurNirwan, MohitSharma, Manjunath KrishnamurthyGanju, LillySaha, MantuSingh, Shashi BalaRamarao, Nagendra Hongasandra2020-11-182020-11-182020-04Balakrishnan Ragavendrasamy, Nanjundaiah Ramesh Mavathur, Nirwan Mohit, Sharma Manjunath Krishnamurthy, Ganju Lilly, Saha Mantu, Singh Shashi Bala, Ramarao Nagendra Hongasandra. Design and validation of Integrated Yoga Therapy module for Antarctic expeditioners. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2020 Apr; 11(2): 97-1000975-9476http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/214120Background: Extreme environments are inherently stressful and are characterized by a variety of physicaland psychosocial stressors, including, but not limited to, isolation, confinement, social tensions, minimalpossibility of medical evacuation, boredom, monotony, and danger. Previous research studies recommend adaptation to the environment to maintain optimal function and remain healthy. Different interventions have been tried in the past for effective management of stress. Yoga practices have beenshown to be beneficial for coping with stress and enhance quality of life, sleep and immune status.Objective: The current article describes preparation of a Yoga module for better management of stressorsin extreme environmental condition of Antarctica.Materials and methods: A Yoga module was designed based on the traditional and contemporary yogaliterature as well as published studies. The Yoga module was sent for validation to forty experts of whichthirty responded.Results: Experts (n ¼ 30) gave their opinion on the usefulness of the yoga module. In total 29 out of 30practices were retained. The average content validity ratio and intra class correlation of the entiremodule was 0.89 & 0.78 respectively.Conclusion: A specific yoga module for coping and facilitating adaptation in Antarctica was designed andvalidated. This module was used in the 35th Indian Scientific expedition to Antarctica, and experimentsare underway to understand the efficacy and utility of Yoga on psychological stress, sleep, serum biomarkers and gene expression. Further outcomes shall provide the efficacy and utility of this module inAntarctic environments.© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Institute of Transdisciplinary Health Sciencesand Technology and World Ayurveda Foundation. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-NDlicense (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)Yoga module Antarctica Stress IAYTJournal ArticleIndiaMolecular Biosciences Laboratory, Anvesana Research Laboratories, S-VYASA University, Bangalore, IndiaMolecular Biosciences Laboratory, Anvesana Research Laboratories, S-VYASA University, Bangalore, IndiaDefence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaAnvesana Research Laboratories, S-VYASA University, Bangalore, IndiaDefence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaDefence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaLife Sciences Research Board, Defence Research and Development Organisation, New Delhi, IndiaS-VYASA University, Bangalore, India