NEW DELHI, Oct. 6: Reuter: The Soviet Union wants India to help teach its cosmonauts the ancient Hindu art of yoga to prevent space sickness, the head of India’s Institute of Aviation Medicine said today.
Air Comodore, P.C. Chatter jee told reporters in Bangalore that the two countries would also. study how yoga could help cosmonauts cope with Weightlessness,
He said experiments by India first cosmonaut, Rakesh Sharma, who flew on a Soviet mission in 1984, had shown that yoga exercises were beneficial.
Yoga in its simplest form teaches breath and muscle control.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 10, 1986
