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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/02/079873 [Registered on: 03/02/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 23/01/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Yoga & Naturopathy 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Multiple Arm Trial 
Public Title of Study   Interventions like Jyotir and Bindu Trataka for young adults participants to assess the cognitive functions 
Scientific Title of Study   EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF JYOTIR TRATAKA AND BINDU TRATAKA ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS OF YOUNG ADULTS –A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Nagashabdha V S 
Designation  Post Graduate Scholar 
Affiliation  International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences,Chengalpattu. 
Address  184/4,International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences, Faculty Block , 1st Floor ,Department of Yoga, Kamarajar Nagar,Chengalpattu,Kancheepuram,Tamilnadu-603001,India

Kancheepuram
TAMIL NADU
603001
India 
Phone  9629052951  
Fax    
Email  drnagashabdha@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query  
Name  Dr A Gayathri 
Designation  Head of Department-Yoga 
Affiliation  International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences,Chengalpattu. 
Address  184/4,International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences, Faculty Block , 1st Floor ,Department of Yoga, Kamarajar Nagar,Chengalpattu,Kancheepuram,Tamilnadu-603001,India

Kancheepuram
TAMIL NADU
603001
India 
Phone  8124634017  
Fax    
Email  gayathriannamalai93@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query  
Name  Dr Nagashabdha V S 
Designation  Post Graduate Scholar 
Affiliation  International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences,Chengalpattu. 
Address  184/4,International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences, Faculty Block , 1st Floor ,Department of Yoga, Kamarajar Nagar,Chengalpattu,Kancheepuram,Tamilnadu-603001,India

Kancheepuram
TAMIL NADU
603001
India 
Phone  9629052951  
Fax    
Email  drnagashabdha@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences,Chengalpattu-603001 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr Nagashabdha V S 
Address  184/4,International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences, Faculty Block , 1st Floor ,Department of Yoga, Kamarajar Nagar,Chengalpattu,Kancheepuram,Tamilnadu-603001,India 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Self] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Nagashabdha V S  International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences  184/4,International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences, Faculty Block(1st Floor) ,Department of Yoga, Kamarajar Nagar,Chengalpattu
Kancheepuram
TAMIL NADU 		 09629052951

drnagashabdha@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
International Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy Medical Sciences,Chengalpattu  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Trataka for Improvement on Cognitive Functions 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Bindu Trataka  Bindu Trataka-The study participants will receive one day of orientation program before the trial. Subjects will be advised to sit in Sukasana with the head and spine straight and the hands resting on the kneesin chin mudra. Close the eyes and relax the whole body for few minutes. A dot of ¼ th inch size is used as the object to be observed. A dot is made on paper and placed at an 3 feet distance and the patient is advised to focus on that bindu untiltear starts coming from his/her eyes.  
Comparator Agent  Control Group  In the control group, participants will receive no specific intervention and will simply continue with their usual daily routines. This group will serve as a baseline, allowing for the assessment of natural cognitive changes over time, without the influence of any external practices or techniques. 
Intervention  Jyotir Trataka   Jyotir Trataka-The study participants will receive one day of orientation program before the trial. Subjects will beadvised tosit in sukasana with the head and spine straight and the hands resting on the knees in chinmudra. Jyotir Trataka have four steps and candle is placed at an 3 feet distance and the patient is advised to focus on the candle light until tear starts coming from his /her eyes. Step 1-Effortless gazing or Focusing at flame Step 2 –Intensive Focusing at the tip of the wick of the flame Step 3-De-Focusing Step 4-Silence  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  25.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Healthy participants who are willing to give their consent.
Those who have underwent systemic health check-up by a trained
physician, who otherwise had no role in the study. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Participants with psychiatric illness, neurological conditions &
systemic illness. Surgical history, Injuries and epilepsy.
Individuals with Refractive errors.
Pregnant and lactating women.
Individuals Practicing Yoga 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Adaptive randomization, such as minimization 
Method of Concealment   On-site computer system 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION FREQUENCY (CFFF)  Assessment of Critical Flicker Fusion before staring the study and after completing the study(2 weeks) 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
SIX LETTER CANCELLATION (SLCT)  Assessment of Six Letter Cancellation before staring the study and after completing the study(2 weeks) 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   10/02/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="1"
Days="10" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Yet Recruiting 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - YES
  1. What data in particular will be shared?
    Response - All of the individual participant data collected during the trial, after de-identification.

  2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
    Response -  Study Protocol
    Response -  Statistical Analysis Plan
    Response - Informed Consent Form
    Response - Clinical Study Report
    Response -  Analytic Code

  3. Who will be able to view these files?
    Response - Anyone

  4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
    Response - Any purpose.

  5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
    Response (Others) -  NIL

  6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 01-01-2026 and end date provided 02-02-2027?
    Response - Immediately following publication. No end date.

  7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
    Additional Information - NIL
Brief Summary   The term "cognitive functioning" describes a variety of mental processes such as learning, reasoning, thinking, remembering, solving problems, making decisions, and paying attention. Attention and memoryare essential aspects of cognitive health.Various aspects of cognition, such as spatial and visual memory scores ,verbal memory, executive functions, attention, and concentration , working memory, response inhibition ,visual attention , and task-switching were found to be positively influenced through yogic practices such as yogasanas, pranayama, and meditation techniques.Memory is an active system that receives information from the senses, puts it into a usable form, organizes it as it stores away, and retrieves the information from the storage. Short-term memory (STM) is a system in which information is held for brief periods while being used. It lasts from about 20 to 30 seconds without rehearsal.After that, the memory seems to rapidly decay or disappear. It (primary memory) involves conscious maintenance of sensory stimuli over a short period even after which they are not present anymore.Short Term Memory is an essential component of cognition as it influences efficient performance of day to day activities.Multistore models differentiate between STM. Regular practice of yoga promotes strength, endurance, flexibility and facilitates characteristics of compassion, greater self-control, while cultivating a sense of calmness and well being.Yoga is a form of mind-body fitness that involves a combination of muscular activity and internally directed mindful focus on awareness of the self, the breath and energy(8).Shatkarma also called as shatkriyas ‘Shat’’ means ‘six ‘and karma means ‘action’ are a series of purifying Hatha Yoga poses for the body that prepares it for the ultimate yoga practice in relation to moksha(liberation).The sansrit, shatkarmas are six actual acts. These practices includes-Dhauti, Nauli, Basti, Kapalabhati and Trataka are referred to as kriya by swatmarama in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
Hatha Yoga , is made up of shatkarmas. The aim of the hatha yoga and ,therefore ,of the shatkarma is to create harmony between the two major pranic flows, Ida and pingala, therby attaining physical and mental purification and balance. Trataka, one of the six purification techniques is included in the study. Also called yogic gazing is a practice where the gaze is fixed on an object for some time and then that the object is visualized clearly with the eyes closed, as an inner image at the eyebrow centre. The practice makes eyes bright and clear. It improves the memory and helps to develop good concentration and strong will power Trataka means to gaze steadily .At the physical level it is said to strengthen the eye muscles by exercising them to focus upon a point.Trataka can be performed in two forms-Bindu Trataka and Jyotir Trataka.In Bindu Trataka a dot is made on paper and placed at an appropriate distance and the practitioner is advised to focus on that bindu until tear starts coming from his/her eyes ,Bindu trataka is easy to focus on something which is not illuminated and rather provides a soothing effect to the eyes.In Jyotir trataka the practitioner is advised to gaze at the candle light until tear starts coming from his/her eyes. The overindulgence in digital media has become a major social Issue, and its profound impact on our daily routines and lifestyle choices has been acknowledged by everybody. Furthermore, the bulk of social media users are young adults 84% of adults between the ages of 18 and 29 report having downloaded a social networking app, according to the Pew Research Centre. Users of this kind of media receive a dopamine reward when they swipe and scroll, which over time builds an addiction pathway that impairs impulse control in the prefrontal brain. The desire to continue scrolling or open Instagram during a boring meeting is caused by a combination of inhibition and dopamine. This is especially true for persons under the age of twenty-one, whose developing prefrontal cortices make them more prone to dopamine surges and impulsivity . Research suggests trataka technique increases selective attention, cognitive flexibility, and response inhibition. Yoga practice was found to be better than physical exercises in improving cognitive functions.In this study we have selected college going students of age 18 to 25 years as they need better Cognition functions .
 
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