Seventeen(17)primaryparticipantsattended60-90minuteclassesoveran8-weekperiod,approximatelythreesessionsaweekwithatotalof20sessions.ClasseswereledbyCertifiedIyengarYogaTeachers(CIYT).Inversion,backbending,andrestorativesequencesweretaughtinaprogressivemanner.

• UrdhvaHastasana• VirabhadrasanaII• UtthitaTrikonasana• VirabhadrasanaI• PrasaritaPadottanasana

(standingupright,lookingup)• Sirsasana• AdhoMukhaVrksasana• Ustrasana• UrdhavaDhanurasanawith

uppoerbacksupportedovertopofchair

Thisinformationisasummaryof"YogaasaComplementaryTreatmentofDepression:EffectsofTraitsandMoodsonTreatmentOutcome”availableonhttps://iynaus.org/research/researchShapiro,D.,Cook,I.A.,Ottavianai,C.,Leuchter,A.F.,&Abrams,M.(2007,February28).JournalofEvidence-BasedComplementary&AlternativeMedicineYogainterventioncredittoMarlaApt&PaulCabanis.TofindacertifiedIyengarYogaTeacher(CIYT)inyourarea,clickon“FindaTeacher”atIYNAUS.ORG

• Urdhva Dhanurasana with support for hands

• Urdhva Dhanurasana dropping back, hands to wall

• Adho Mukha Svanasana • Bharadvajasana on chair • Salamba Sarvangasana • Setubandha Sarvangasana

with support • Savasana on bolster, with

eyes open

• Urdhva Hastasana • Virabhadrasana II • Utthita Trikonasana • Virabhadrasana I • Prasarita Padottanasana

(standing upright, looking up) • Sirsasana • Adho Mukha Vrksasana • Ustrasana • Urdhva Dhanurasana with

upper back supported over top of chair

IYENGAR YOGA & TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION

METHOD YOGA SEQUENCE

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MajorDepressiveDisorderistheleadingcauseofdisabilityintheUnitedStatesforages15-44,affectingmorethan15millionAmericanadultsnationwide(ADAA,2016).ResultsofastudyshowedtheeffectivenessofIyengarYoga,inadditiontostandardmedicalcare,toimprovethesymptomsofchronicdepression.IyengarYogaparticipantsreportedsignificantimmediatechangesinmoodaftereachclass.Thestudyalsoshowed:

RESEARCH SUMMARY

• ReducedSymptomsofDepression• LessAnger• LowerLevelsofAnxiety• FewerNeuroticsymptoms• Reductionsinstressresponsivity

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