Yogic Breathing and Mindfulness as Stress Coping Mediate Positive Health Outcomes of Yoga

Tellhed, Una; Daukantaitė, Daiva; Maddux, Rachel E.; Svensson, Thomas; Melander, Olle

doi:10.1007/s12671-019-01225-4

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Yogic Breathing and Mindfulness as Stress Coping Mediate Positive Health Outcomes of Yoga

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Tellhed, Una, Daukantaitė, Daiva, Maddux, Rachel E., Svensson, Thomas, Melander, Olle·2019·Mindfulness

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Objectives: Despite accumulating research on yoga and its positive impact on both physiological and psychological health, it is still unclear how yoga improves health. Two central components of yoga,yogic breathing and mindfulness, may be important mechanisms by which individuals learn to cope with their daily stressors, and thereby reduce their risk of developing stress-related illness. In this study, we experimentally tested whether yogic breathing as a stress coping mechanism and increased mindfulness mediates the psychological health benefits of a yoga intervention Methods: Seventy-one middle-aged adults (78% women;Mage 53.5 ± 6.9) who self-rated as moderately stressed were randomly assigned to either a control group or a 5-week yoga intervention called the Yoga and Mindfulness Intervention (YOMI) program. The YOMI combines 60 min of yin yoga practice with 30 min of psychoeducation, administered twice weekly; participants also completed a 5-min breathing exercise as homework daily. Results: The YOMI group showed greater reductions in anxiety, depression, and sleep problems compared with controls (R2 varied between .09 to .23), and these reductions were statistically mediated by increased use of yogic breathing and a related increase in participants’ overall mindfulness. Conclusions: These mediation results provide new insights into how yoga improves psychological health and suggests promising implications for policymakers aimed at improving public health.

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Combining yoga with elements of mindfulness is more likely to draw positive outcomes than conventional treatment approaches.
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The Abstract and Between-Group Comparisons of Study Outcomes report better psychological outcomes after a yoga-and-mindfulness intervention than in the control group. But the Procedures describe that group as waiting and instructed not to practice yoga; it did not receive a conventional treatment. The paper therefore does not support the claimed comparison with conventional treatment approaches. (LLM, conf=0.89)
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Authors: Tellhed, U., Daukantaitė, D., Maddux, R. E., Svensson, T., & Melander, O.
Affiliations: Lund University (SE)
Corresponding author: Tellhed, Una
ORCID: Tellhed, Una
Svensson, Thomas
Melander, Olle
Venue: Mindfulness
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2019-11-11
Volume: 10
Issue: 12
Pages: 2703-2715
ISSN: 1868-8527 (ISSN-L)
1868-8535
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-019-01225-4
OpenAlex: W2970875470
Cited by: 63
References: 86
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6
FWCI: 4.67
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
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Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (tdm)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (vor)
Locations: Mindfulness (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (2015 0304)
Göran Gustafssons Stiftelse för Naturvetenskaplig och Medicinsk Forskning (GG 2015-0020)
Hjärt-Lungfonden (2015 0307)
Vetenskapsrådet (2018-02760)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF17OC0026936)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
Keywords: yoga, pranayama, stress coping, mediation, anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, yin yoga, psychoeducation, middle-aged adults, mental health, public health policy

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