A single session of hatha yoga improves stress reactivity and recovery after an acute psychological stress task – a counterbalanced, randomized-crossover trial in healthy individuals
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Objectives Yoga is promoted as an anti-stress activity, however, little is known about the mechanisms through which it acts. The present study investigated the acute effects of a hatha yoga session, displayed on a video, on the response to and recovery from an acute psychological stressor. Methods Twenty-four healthy young adults took part in a counterbalanced, randomized-crossover trial, with a yoga and a control condition (watching TV). Participants attended the laboratory in the afternoon on two days and each session comprised a baseline, control or yoga task, stress task and recovery. Blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and salivary cortisol responses were measured. State cognitive- and somatic-anxiety along with self-confidence were assessed before and after the stressor. Results Although no difference in the BP or HR responses to stress were found between conditions, systolic BP (p=0.047) and diastolic BP (p=0.018) recovery from stress were significantly accelerated and salivary cortisol reactivity was significantly lower (p=0.01) in the yoga condition. A yoga session also increased self-confidence (p=0.006) in preparation for the task and after completion. Moreover, self-confidence reported after the stress task was considered debilitative towards performance in the control condition, but remained facilitative in the yoga condition. Conclusion Our results show that a single video-instructed session of hatha yoga was able to improve stress reactivity and recovery from an acute stress task in healthy individuals. These positive preliminary findings encourage further investigation in at-risk populations in which the magnitude of effects may be greater, and support the use of yoga for stress reactivity and recovery.
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- Authors
- Benvenutti, M. J., Alves, E. D. S., Michael, S., Ding, D., Stamatakis, E., & Edwards, K. M.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Estadual de Maringá (BR)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Edwards, Kate M.
- Venue
- Complementary Therapies in Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-12
- Volume
- 35
- Pages
- 120-126
- ISSN
- 0965-2299 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2765661257
- Cited by
- 41
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 3.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Complementary Therapies in Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- CNPq − Brazil Science without Borders Program
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Keywords
- hatha yoga, acute psychological stress, stress reactivity, stress recovery, salivary cortisol, blood pressure, heart rate, self-confidence, anxiety, relaxation response
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Anxiety, Blood Pressure, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Male, Saliva, Stress, Psychological, Yoga, Exercise, Cross-Over Studies, Meditation, Young Adult
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