Exploring how different types of yoga change psychological resources and emotional well-being across a single session.
Complementary therapies in medicine March 1, 2020 Crystal L Park, Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, Erik J Groessl et al. 54 citations
In regular yoga practitioners, a single yoga session increased positive emotions (engagement, tranquility, revitalization) and decreased exhaustion. All measured psychological resources—mindfulness, body consciousness, self-transcendence, social connectedness, and spiritual peace—also increased and closely tracked the improved emotions. Different types of yoga sessions were associated with changes in different psychological resources. The findings suggest yoga influences multiple psychological mechanisms that enhance emotional well-being, and that specific yoga components may be optimized to target particular mechanisms like mindfulness or spirituality.