"Emerson’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (one of the US Department of Health’s agencies). “It was a good PTSD study,” says Emerson. “We got good data, but personally, my favourite study was by a graduate student who did a dissertation on PTSD and our yoga program. It was a small qualitative study.”
"Bessel van der Kolk, Emerson et al are completing an fMRI study (looking at functional magnetic resonance imaging). “The pilot indicated changes in parts of the brain related to trauma exposure. We are hoping to get funding for a larger fMRI study.” It is a really exciting discovery....
"In a 2009 paper, he refers to a small pilot study.... After eight weeks, the yoga participants showed improvements in all dimensions of PTSD, an increase in positive affect and decrease in negative affect, and an increase in their physical vitality and body attunement. Compared to DBT participants, yoga participants reported a greater reduction in frequency of all PTSD symptoms and severity of hyperarousal symptoms, as well as greater gains in vitality”...
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