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Breath, Stress and Health: a Biocultural Study of Hatha Yoga Practice

NCT03856892 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 97

Last updated 2023-10-06

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Summary

This study aims to contribute uniquely to stress, longevity, and mental health research in two ways: by identifying clear protocols of breath-based yoga-meditative practice based on original materials; that are subsequently assessed with established scientific stress, biochemical immunity and longevity markers, and validated psychological measures that relate to mental health.

Conditions

  • Stress, Physiological
  • Stress, Psychological

Interventions

OTHER

High Dose Yoga

Participants engage in an intensive full yoga practice of hatha breath-based practices and inner meditative techniques along with body-based asana. Intensive level uses breath, management of abdomen, inner focus in all practices. The "high dose" of yoga is an interpretation of the Translational Model of Yoga (TMY) and Yoga Process formula, both developed in this study's cultural research: a systematized psycho-physical yoga method of Hatha Zone (HZ) focus (below-navel, exhale, inner focus), incorporating key components of practice-focus-surrender (PFS) approach and repeat-engage-trust (RET) elements.

OTHER

Medium Dose Yoga

The "medium dose" of yoga is a regular practice of primarily body-posture training with minimal reference to the breath, but with a longer period of time duration in training prior to intervention commencement. Participants have 5 months of pre-training before initiating the intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul Dallaghan, PhD · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-11
Primary Completion
2019-09-17
Completion
2019-09-17

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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