Participants suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome who were taking at least one anti-depressant and were also daily drinkers found their stress level cut in half after six weeks of daily yoga practice. Researchers also observed that this reduction continued for several months following the conclusion of the yoga class. Researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center believe that soldiers find yoga a more acceptable treatment than psychotherapy.
Although meditation receives the bulk of research on how to reduce stress, yoga, practiced by millions, has also received research that has confirmed its stress reducing qualities, according to a review published in Harvard Medical Publications.
In one study, regular yoga practitioners, fibromyalgia patients, and a control group of participants responded to a pain sensitivity test where a machine pressed down on a participant’s finger to determine at what pressure the participant would feel pain. During the test, the researchers conducted a brain scan of the participant. The results indicated that those patients with fibromyalgia had the lowest pain threshold, and their brain’s pain center showed the least amount of activity.
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