In this religious article, it is claimed that ayurveda believes that Ghosts cause sleep paralysis Sleep paralysis is a well-known phenomena. Yoga and ayurveda explain it as an attack of an aggressive ghost who tries to enter the body of a sleeping person (esp. one lying on one's back) while paralysing the pranas (life airs) which are part of the subtle body I doubt this claim that traditional ayurveda believes that ghosts causes sleep paralysis, because ayurveda is about medical treatments an...| Recent Questions - Skeptics Stack Exchange