RUSS SPACEMEN USE YOGA TO RELAX WHILE ORBITING , U.S. EXPERT SAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200010005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 1, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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Russian'cosmonauts are 'arse- . Yava'uSPd do ihiC
ticing Yoga, the East I I1 d l a n
technique of 'mental discipline
to help them relax in space, a
neuropsychologist' ' said, l a s t
night.
i)r. John M. Coyne of San Di-
cego spoke at a meeting of the
San Diego Bio-Medical Society
p
t orrn more efficiently during
their orbital flights, Coyne said.
Coyne said the Russian space.
man `. and one - spacewoman
-? have used yoga in.their space
working on life science research
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filar to',hypnotic tests now un-~
der experimentation for the U.S.
manned-space.:, program,Coyne!
said.
A modified' use of hypnosis)
was 'used ; ~ori . astronaut John
Glenn,. he 'said. Its use in. theJ
U.S. program is limited at this
time, however, and is b e i n -
used "cautiously," lie added,
He said he got his informa-;
Lion on the Russian space pro
gram from the foreign techno-
logy division' of the &e 1,,,,~tn
tellig~r r AG MCy ?whz e was