INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN ENGINEERING,
MANAGEMENT & APPLIED SCIENCE (IJLTEMAS)
ISSN 2278-2540 | DOI: 10.51583/IJLTEMAS | Volume XIV, Issue XII, December 2025
models give insights that traditional statistical methods do not give. The better performance of models such, as
Random Forest and Gradient Boosting shows that mental health outcomes are shaped by non-linear interactions
among demographic, behavioral and physiological factors. I have also seen that participants who practice
consistently see drops, in anxiety and depression levels. The result supports Sahaja Yoga as a cost non-drug
therapy. - Capability of ML Models: It has the trained models predict who will benefit most from meditation.
The Predictive Capability of ML Models allows personalized health recommendations. - Importance of
Adherence & Baseline Severity: Machine learning interpretation shows that individuals with more severe initial
symptoms and consistent practice see the most improvement.
CONCLUSION
It has the work shows that Sahaja Yoga meditation can be a non drug way to lower anxiety and depression. The
researchers measured people before and, after the practice. They used machine learning to look at the numbers.
The numbers give a picture of how Sahaja Yoga meditation changes mental health results. The GAD-7 scores
and the PHQ-9 scores both went down after the practice. Those lower scores tell me that Sahaja Yoga meditation
helps health cuts stress and adds balance. From my work I saw that machine learning models gave a view of the
patterns and the key factors that drive improvement. The machine learning models went beyond the methods
and gave a fair evaluation. The Random Forest, SVM and Gradient Boosting gave prediction results. The
Random Forest, SVM and Gradient Boosting also highlighted the importance of adherence the severity and the
participant lifestyle variables. The Explainable AI methods added clarity. The Explainable AI methods made the
findings easier to understand and more relevant to practice. Overall, combining meditation-based interventions
with analytical methods strengthens the scientific evidence supporting Sahaja Yoga as an easy-to-use tool for
managing mental health. This approach also creates opportunities for personalized wellness predictions and
future digital health applications. Further research with larger groups and longer intervention durations will help
confirm and expand these findings.
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