Yoga is an Armory for Enhancing Positive Mental Health During COVID-19

Abstract

The COVID-19 outbreak has induced public and global mental health crisis as well as a huge psychosocial experiment. COVID-19 has created a state of crisis for many(Guo et al 2020). The wide range of measures and preparedness, which include social distancing, social isolation, quarantine, washing hands, lockdowns, and travel bans, have halted and interrupted the spread of the virus(Van et al 2020). There have been a number of stressors during this lockdown that have caused distress among the population, such as quarantine, pay cuts, unemployment, insecurity, fear, crime, rape, etc. Although quarantine is a required preventive measure to curb the spread of infectious diseases, several studies have shown that quarantine has a negative psychological effect on people (Brooks, et al., 2020).