MUMBAI, India, June 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641046103 A) filed by Christ University on April 10, 2026, for Integrated Holistic Movement Practices Programme For Adolescents (ihmpp-A) From Diverse Backgrounds.
Inventors include Vintu Augustine; and Greta Dsouza.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: Adolescence is a crucial period of neurobiological and socioemotional development (WHO, 2024). As mental and cognitive well-being is vital to adolescents’ holistic development (NEP, 2020), it is important to develop and implement interventions that contribute towards their overall growth. The present study is an interdisciplinary research that focuses on the formulation and validation of the Integrated Holistic Movement Practices Programme for Adolescents (IHMPP-A) from diverse socioeconomic and ethnolinguistic backgrounds to enhance their mindfulness, mental health, and cognitive flexibility. The study also proposes a theoretically coherent conceptual model to test the program’s efficacy in enhancing adolescents’ mindfulness, mental health, and cognitive flexibility. The conceptual framework of the present study operationalises a theoretically derived model of adolescent regulatory development grounded in embodied cognition and developmental systems theory. It proposes that integrated embodied practices, such as yoga and mindfulness, augment dispositional mindfulness, which in turn enhances adolescent mental health and cognitive flexibility. The IHMPP-A, a 12-week intervention program, comprises 12 modules of 60 minutes each, transacted weekly thrice. The program consists of validated and evidence-based yoga postures, breathing techniques, and mindfulness practices (Yogendra, 2018; Kabat-Zinn, 2003; Broderick, 2013). It is formulated on the Common Yoga Protocol (CYP), Johnson’s eight-factor mindfulness framework, Keyes’ MHC model, and the cognitive flexibility inventory (Ministry of Ayush, 2016; Johnson et al., 2017; Keyes, 2002; Dennis & Vander Wai, 2010) and its validation is guided by the Design-Based Research (DBR) framework (Design-Based Research Collective, 2003) The conceptual model is tested through an empirical pilot study, which indicates that the program is significantly effective in promoting adolescents’ mindfulness, mental health, and cognitive flexibility.
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