BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Yoga Vidya

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13ResultsPersonality variablesDepression. The analysis yielded a significant difference for Time [F (1, 91) = 13.47, p
14(SD = 0.89) during the treatment period. There was also a significant interaction between Timeand Group [F (1,89) = 9.06, p = 0.003, Eta 2 = 0.09, power = 0.85] where a significant decrease instress for the yoga group was found where stress at pretest was 2.70 (SD = 0.92) and at posttestwas 2.22 (SD = 0.85). For the control group there were no significant alterations during thetreatment period (from 2.59, SD = 0.92 to 2.61, SD = 0.89).Energy. The analysis yielded no significant differences or interactions regarding energyfor either group (ps > 0.96).Experience of altered states of consciousness – EDN scale. A one-way ANOVA was usedto compare the means of EDN measurements. The analysis showed a significant differencebetween the control and yoga groups regarding EDN [F (1,97) = 177.14, p < 0.001, Eta 2 = 0.65,power = 1.00]. For the yoga group the EDN score of 42.50 (SD = 19.40) was significantlyhigher than that found for the control group of 3.19 (SD = 2.89).DiscussionThe aim of this pilot study was to develop a protocol that can investigate whether SK&Pcan be of interest in connection with increased wellness in adult participants. As variables forwellness, a number of parameters were tested, such as degree of depression, anxiety, optimism,stress and energy.The results suggested that the current protocol can be adopted for a full-scale trial andthat the aspects of wellness measured in our study increased in the yoga group. The participantsin the SK&P program had decreased level of depression and anxiety as well as increaseddegree of experienced optimism. There was also a decrease of stress experience in the SK&Pgroup compared with the control group. Furthermore, SK&P induced an altered state ofconsciousness (ASC) during the practice of the program, but not in the control group.
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