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Potential self-regulatory mechanisms of yoga for psychological health

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Gard, Tim, Noggle, Jessica J., Park, Crystal L., Vago, David R., Wilson, Angela·2014·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00770PMC PMC4179745
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Research suggesting the beneficial effects of yoga on myriad aspects of psychological health has proliferated in recent years, yet there is currently no overarching framework by which to understand yoga's potential beneficial effects. Here we provide a theoretical framework and systems-based network model of yoga that focuses on integration of top-down and bottom-up forms of self-regulation. We begin by contextualizing yoga in historical and contemporary settings, and then detail how specific components of yoga practice may affect cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and autonomic output under stress through an emphasis on interoception and bottom-up input, resulting in physical and psychological health. The model describes yoga practice as a comprehensive skillset of synergistic process tools that facilitate bidirectional feedback and integration between high- and low-level brain networks, and afferent and re-afferent input from interoceptive processes (somatosensory, viscerosensory, chemosensory). From a predictive coding perspective we propose a shift to perceptual inference for stress modulation and optimal self-regulation. We describe how the processes that sub-serve self-regulation become more automatized and efficient over time and practice, requiring less effort to initiate when necessary and terminate more rapidly when no longer needed. To support our proposed model, we present the available evidence for yoga affecting self-regulatory pathways, integrating existing constructs from behavior theory and cognitive neuroscience with emerging yoga and meditation research. This paper is intended to guide future basic and clinical research, specifically targeting areas of development in the treatment of stress-mediated psychological disorders.

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Authors
Gard, T., Noggle, J. J., Park, C. L., Vago, D. R., & Wilson, A.
Affiliations
  • Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • University of Connecticut (US)
Corresponding author
Vago, David R.
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Venue
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2014-09-30
Volume
8
Pages
770-770
ISSN
1662-5161 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fnhum.2014.00770
PMC
PMC4179745
OpenAlex
W2121755167
Cited by
472
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181
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FWCI
30.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Biofield Effects and Biophysics
Keywords
yoga, self-regulation, mental health, interoception, bottom-up control, top-down control, predictive coding, perceptual inference, stress, autonomic nervous system, brain network integration, meditation

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