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Perceived Stress, Resilience, And Wellbeing In Seasoned Isha Yoga Practitioners Compared To Matched Controls During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Preeti Upadhyay, Shilpa Narayanan, Tanvi Khera, Lauren Kelly, Pooja A. Mathur, Akshay Shanker, Lena Novack, Ruth Pérez-Robles, Kim A. Hoffman, Multiple Additional Authors
Perceived Stress, Resilience, And Wellbeing In Seasoned Isha Yoga Practitioners Compared To Matched Controls During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Preeti Upadhyay, Shilpa Narayanan, Tanvi Khera, Lauren Kelly, Pooja A. Mathur, Akshay Shanker, Lena Novack, Ruth Pérez-Robles, Kim A. Hoffman, Multiple Additional Authors
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Background: Yoga practices, including breathing, meditation, and posture protocols (asanas), have been shown to facilitate physical and mental wellbeing.
Methods: Seasoned yoga practitioners were recruited from the Isha Foundation. Recruitment of the comparison group was achieved using snowball sampling and were not yoga practitioners. Participants in the non-yoga group were randomized to a 3-min Isha practice or a comparator group asked to perform 15-min of daily reading. Participants completed a series of web-based surveys (REDCap) at baseline, 6, and 12 weeks. These surveys include validated scales and objective questions on COVID-19 infection and medical history. The validated questionnaires assess for: …