Abstract
Autonomic function is influenced by obesity and life style factors. Emotional stress, anxiety, smoking, alcohol tend to increase sympathetic activity and on the other hand meditation, yoga and other relaxation techniques increase vagal tone and reduces blood pressure and heart rate.[1] The autonomic nervous system, though previously thought as part of the nervous system that cannot be controlled, now a days it is seen that with help of yoga meditation and other relaxation technique it can be controlled.[2] Because of its participation in the pathologic process like sudden death, ischemic heart disease, coronary artery disease, the importance of studying autonomic function has grown over years
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