Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, India.
Percept Mot Skills. 2009 Dec;109(3):924-30. doi: 10.2466/pms.109.3.924-930.
Yoga techniques practiced for varying durations have been shown to reduce state anxiety. In this study, there were 300 naive-to-yoga persons of both sexes who were attending a yoga therapy center in north India for stress relief as day visitors and were not residing at the center. They were assigned to two groups, yoga practice and yoga theory, and their state anxiety was assessed before and after a 2-hr. yoga session. A significant reduction in scores on state anxiety was found in the yoga practice group (14.7% decrease), as well as in the yoga theory group (3.4% decrease). The difference in scores following the sessions was statistically significant. Hence, yoga practice as well as learning about theoretical aspects of yoga appear to reduce state anxiety, with a greater reduction following yoga practice.
瑜伽练习时长不同，可降低状态焦虑。在这项研究中，有 300 名瑜伽初学者，他们为缓解压力，以日间访客的身份前往印度北部的瑜伽治疗中心，并不居住在中心内。他们被分配到瑜伽练习组和瑜伽理论组，在进行 2 小时的瑜伽课程前后，评估他们的状态焦虑。瑜伽练习组的状态焦虑评分显著降低（减少 14.7%），瑜伽理论组也有（减少 3.4%）。课后两组的评分差异具有统计学意义。因此，瑜伽练习以及学习瑜伽的理论方面似乎都可以降低状态焦虑，其中瑜伽练习的效果更为显著。
