Yoga therapy for military personnel and veterans: Qualitative perspectives of yoga students and instructors.

CONCLUSIONS: The study highlights consistent reports of mental and physical benefits of yoga practice, ongoing stigma resulting in the need for combatting and demystifying yoga and other complementary and integrative health (CIH) practices, the importance of designing interventions to address the unique mental health issues and perspectives of this population, and the importance of efforts by military leadership to bring CIH to military personnel and veterans. Rigorous research addressing these findings, along with further research on the efficacy and effectiveness of yoga interventions for treating various conditions are needed.
PMID: 30219455 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Complementary Therapies in Medicine - September 18, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Hurst S, Maiya M, Casteel D, Sarkin AJ, Libretto S, Elwy AR, Park CL, Groessl EJ Tags: Complement Ther Med Source Type: research