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Yoga Can Help with Anxiety More Than Stress Education, Study Finds

By | Elizabeth Millard | www.verywellmind.com

Key Takeaways

  • New research suggests Kundalini yoga may be more effective than stress education in treating generalized anxiety disorder.
  • Although yoga is helpful, it was less effective than cognitive behavioral therapy, which remains a first order treatment.
  • Part of yoga’s major benefit could be in the combination of deep breathing, mindfulness and movement.

Kundalini yoga can improve symptoms of anxiety better than simple stress education, but it is still not as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to a new study published in August in JAMA Psychiatry.1

Kundalini vs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Researchers recruited 226 people with diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder and separated them into three groups for 12 weeks. One group undertook CBT, considered the first-line treatment for this type of condition, while another did Kundalini yoga classes and at-home practices, and the third received education on stress reduction. They concluded that:1

  • CBT was successful for 71% of participants
  • Yoga for 54%
  • Education for 33%

“Although CBT is the gold standard of treatment, the fact is that not everyone is able to have access to that,” says Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D., instructor on mind-body medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Yoga Alliance’s director of yoga research. “This study shows yoga may have an important role in managing anxiety, and it may be more accessible and practical for many people.”

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