Explorations of Wellness and Resilience: A Yoga Intervention for Post-traumatic Stress

Post-traumatic stress is a highly prevalent mental health condition. Mind-body interventions like yoga are increasingly being utilized in the treatment of PTS, but further research is needed to assess its effectiveness. This present randomized control study was designed to supplement the current field of inquiry with a relatively large group of participants and mixed method analysis of the data. The PTS symptoms and overall well-being of 50 participants enrolled in an eight-week trauma-specific Kundalini yoga (KY) program were examined. The findings demonstrate that KY may impact PTS symptomology, sleep, positive affect, perceived stress, and feelings of resilience. Eight month follow-up data are presented. Participant narratives are discussed corroborating quantitative findings and suggest that participants learnt tools to modulate emotions leading to self-mastery. Study limitations are presented with recommendations for future trauma-related research and practice.

Department dc:contributor.department

Applied Psychology and Human Development

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Jindani, Farah

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Volpe, Richard

• Post-traumatic stress
• Yoga
• Resilience

Language dc:language.iso

en_ca

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1807/65671

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:utoronto.scholaris.ca:1807/65671