Fifteen Minutes of Chair-Based Yoga Postures or Guided Meditation Performed in the Office Can Elicit a Relaxation Response
| Autor: | Ben Colagiuri, Birinder S Cheema, Dennis Hsu-Tung Chang, Geoffrey W Melville, Paul W. M Marshall |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Guided meditation
medicine.medical_specialty Relaxation (psychology) Article Subject business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Increased heart rate lcsh:Other systems of medicine lcsh:RZ201-999 humanities Physiological Adaptations Blood pressure Complementary and alternative medicine Heart rate Physical therapy Medicine Heart rate variability Meditation business human activities media_common Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 2012 (2012) Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM |
| ISSN: | 1741-4288 |
| Popis: | This study compared acute (15 min) yoga posture and guided meditation practice, performed seated in a typical office workspace, on physiological and psychological markers of stress. Twenty participants (39.6±9.5 yr) completed three conditions: yoga, meditation, and control (i.e., usual work) separated by ≥24 hrs. Yoga and meditation significantly reduced perceived stress versus control, and this effect was maintained postintervention. Yoga increased heart rate while meditation reduced heart rate versus control (P<0.05). Respiration rate was reduced during yoga and meditation versus control (P<0.05). Domains of heart rate variability (e.g., SDNN and Total Power) were significantly reduced during control versus yoga and meditation. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were reduced secondary to meditation versus control only (P<0.05). Physiological adaptations generally regressed toward baseline postintervention. In conclusion, yoga postures or meditation performed in the office can acutely improve several physiological and psychological markers of stress. These effects may be at least partially mediated by reduced respiration rate. |
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