IJAMAY connects the historical knowledge of Indian health systems with contemporary science. It welcomes literary and empirical studies from researchers in any discipline, provided the work is original, methodologically sound and relevant to yoga or ancient Indian medicine.

Subject areas

• Ayurveda, Siddha and traditional medicine – principles, therapeutics, pharmacology and their modern application, especially where they meet yoga.
• Yoga traditions and applications – lineages, historical contexts, theory, teaching methods and practice across styles.
• Yoga therapy and health sciences – clinical studies, therapeutic programmes, safety and outcomes.
• Meditation, consciousness and psychology – mental health, wellbeing, cognition and human consciousness.
• Physical education and sports science – exercise, biomechanics, fitness and performance.
• Physiology and biochemistry – mechanisms underlying yogic and traditional practices.
• Philosophy, spirituality and textual studies – Sanskrit and Tamil sources, commentaries and literary analysis.
• Education, management and human excellence – including Vethathiri Maharishi’s Simplified Kundalini Yoga (SKY).

Out of scope

Promotional material, unreferenced opinion pieces and studies of commercial products without independent data are not considered.