The Scientific research on yoga

Yoga is a multimodal practice of movement, breath practices, meditation, and deep relaxation. In order for it to influence global health widely, it must be able to be measured and therefore understood and assessed by policy makers, clinical/allopathic professionals, and insurance companies. There are many possible outcomes for both healthy people and those battling disease; there are many yoga practices now being studied for their efficacy and outcomes in both populations.

For four years, I have worked closely with Harvard Medical School’s Associate Professor of Medicine Sat Bir Singh Khalsa on sharing the scientific research on yoga. In 2019, we worked with Yoga Alliance to film more than 20 short informational videos, which you can find below, on the most important aspects of yoga that have been studied relative to both wellness and disease.

During Covid-19 lockdown and beyond, Sat Bir and I went on to host more than 60 webinars to thousands on the same subjects. Like the short videos, these webinars covered a myriad topics of wellness and disease, including research on anxiety, depression, asthma, disease prevention, lower back pain, trauma, and much more. They are meant to empower and educate yoga professionals and anyone interested in how yoga heals. If you are a Yoga Alliance member, you can view these videos.

I also wrote and continue to write on the researched effects of mindfulness and yoga, and I explore the scientific research on yoga in my weekly Practicing Well podcast.

Yoga Alliance Videos

In 2019, Harvard Medical School’s Associate Professor of Medicine Sat Bir Singh Khalsa and I worked with Yoga Alliance to film these short informational videos on the most important aspects of yoga that have been studied relative to both wellness and disease.