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iRest Yoga-Nidra on the College Campus: Changes in Stress, Depression, Worry, and Mindfulness

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Check out this Knowledge Base article from StressTherapy Solutions: iRest Yoga-Nidra on the College Campus: Changes in Stress, Depression, Worry, and Mindfulness.

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Study at a glance

Area
Anxiety & Stress
Study type
Pilot / open study
Authors
Eastman-Mueller H, Wilson T, Jung AK, Kimura A, Tarrant J
Journal
International Journal of Yoga Therapy
Year
2013
Participants
66
Population
Adults
Protocol
iRest yoga-nidra
Sessions
8 weeks

Key findings

  • Significant pre-post reductions in perceived stress, worry and depression
  • Mindfulness skills improved
  • How depressed students were at the start explained much of the fall in worry and stress
  • Uncontrolled pre-post design with added qualitative feedback

DOI 10.17761/ijyt.23.2.r8735770101m8277 → PubMed 24165520 →

Sixty-six college students aged 18 to 56 took an 8-week iRest yoga-nidra course (a guided deep-relaxation practice) run over eight semesters, completing stress, worry, depression and mindfulness questionnaires before and after. Scores on all three distress measures dropped significantly and mindfulness skills rose. Much of the drop in worry and stress was explained by students' starting levels of depression. There was no control group.