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- Title
A Pilot Study Measuring the Impact of Yoga on the Trait of Mindfulness.
- Authors
Shelov, Danielle V.; Suchday, Sonia; Friedberg, Jennifer P.
- Abstract
Background: The current study examined whether yoga would increase levels of mindfulness in a healthy population. Method: Forty-six participants were randomly assigned to an 8-week yoga intervention group or a wait-list control group. Mindfulness was assessed pre and post yoga, using the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI). Results: Results indicate that the yoga group experienced a significant increase in Overall mindfulness, and in three mindfulness subscales; Attention to the present moment, Accepting and open attitudes toward experience, and Insightful understanding (p<.01). The control group experienced a significant increase in overall mindfulness (p<.02) and insightful understanding (p<.01). Findings suggest that a yoga intervention may be a viable method for increasing levels of trait mindfulness in a healthy population, potentially implicating yoga as a preventive method for the later development of negative emotional mood states (i.e. anxiety and depression). The control group also experienced moderate elevations of mindfulness at the second assessment.
- Subjects
YOGA; ANXIETY prevention; PREVENTION of mental depression; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPERIENCE; POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2009, Vol 37, Issue 5, p595
- ISSN
1352-4658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1352465809990361