Participating in yoga and deep breathing classes twice a week along with home practice may effectively reduce the symptoms of depression, a new study has claimed.
The findings provide support for the use of yoga-based interventions as an alternative or supplement to pharmacologic treatments for depression, researchers said.
This study supports the use of a yoga and coherent breathing intervention in major depressive disorder in people who are not on antidepressants and in those who have been on a stable dose of antidepressants and have not achieved a resolution of their symptoms.Chris Streeter, Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, US