Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Those who participated in heated yoga sessions had significantly reduced depressive symptoms than those who did not in a randomised controlled clinical trial of people with moderate-to-severe depression, according to new research.
The trial’s findings, which were published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of Mass General Brigham (MGB), suggest that heated yoga could be a feasible therapeutic option for people suffering from depression.
In the eight-week trial, 80 participants were randomized into two groups: one that received 90-minute sessions of Bikram yoga practiced in a 105°F room and a second group that was placed on a waitlist (waitlist participants completed the yoga intervention after their waitlist period). A total of 33 participants in the yoga group and 32 in the waitlist group were included in the analysis.
