Author: Tolbaños Roche L1, Miró Barrachina MT2, Ibáñez Fernández I2
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup>Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, Section of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Electronic address: laura_tolbanos@yahoo.es.
<sup>2</sup>Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, Section of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
Conference/Journal: Complement Ther Clin Pract.
Date published: 2016 Nov
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Volume ID: 25 , Pages: 136-141 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2016.09.008. Epub 2016 Sep 22. , Word Count: 177
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect of the 'Exercise Without Movement' (E.W.M) yoga method on mindfulness and on the improvement of anxiety and depression symptoms.
METHODS: A quasi-experimental study examined the effect of one month E.W.M. intervention among 38 participants who were enrolled voluntarily to both groups, study (n = 16) and control (n = 22). Five participants dropped out during the study. The State Mindfulness Scale (SMS) was used to measure mindfulness. The Anxiety Inventory Beck (BAI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) were used to measure the anxiety and depression symptoms, respectively, before and after the intervention.
RESULTS: Study group showed both a statistically significant increase in mindfulness and decrease in anxiety and depression symptoms, compared with the control group.
CONCLUSIONS: The E.W.M. has been useful in the development of mindfulness and in the treatment of anxiety and depression symptoms and may represent a new method in the mindfulness-based therapeutic application.
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KEYWORDS: 'Exercise Without Movement' yoga method; Anxiety symptoms; Body awareness; Depression symptoms; Mindfulness; Relaxation
PMID: 27863603 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2016.09.008