ArticleComplementary therapies in medicine2018
Yoga therapy for military personnel and veterans: Qualitative perspectives of yoga students and instructors.
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- Impact of military lifestyle on the health of military personnel and Veterans with chronic pain: A meta-synthesis.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2025Pooled it
- Yoga Versus Education for Veterans with Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Trial
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- Alternative interventions in clinical mental health settings: A survey of mental health professionals' perceptions.Complementary therapies in clinical practice · 2022Article
- Comparing Types of Yoga for Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain in Military Personnel: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.Global advances in health and medicine · 2022Article
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- Complementary, Integrative, and Nondrug Therapy Use for Pain Among US Military Veterans on Long-term Opioids.Medical care · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of multi-disciplinary structured training program on mentoring and mental well-being for officers and instructors in the Indian Air Force.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
- Yoga Plus Mantram Repetition to Reduce Chronic Pain in Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Feasibility Trial.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveMillions of military personnel and veterans live with chronic mental and physical health conditions that often do not respond well to pharmacological treatments. Serious side effects and lack of treatment response have led to widespread efforts to study and promote non-pharmacological and behavioral health treatments for many chronic health conditions. Yoga is an increasingly popular mind-body intervention that has growing research support for its efficacy and safety. Our objective was to explore the attitudes, perspectives, and preferences of military personnel and veterans toward yoga as a therapeutic modality, thus providing needed information for designing and promoting yoga interventions for this population.
methodsParticipants included 24 individuals with yoga experience and current or past military service and 12 instructors who have taught yoga for military personnel and/or veterans. A semi-structured set of questions guided interviews with each participant.
resultsFive themes emerged from the interviews: (1) mental health benefits experienced from yoga practice; (2) physical health benefits experienced from yoga practice; (3) important yoga elements and conditions that support effective practice; (4) facilitators for engaging military in yoga practice; and (5) challenges and barriers to yoga practice for military.
conclusionsThe study highlights consistent reports of mental and physical benefits of yoga practice, ongoing stigma resulting in the need for combatting and demystifying yoga and other complementary and integrative health (CIH) practices, the importance of designing interventions to address the unique mental health issues and perspectives of this population, and the importance of efforts by military leadership to bring CIH to military personnel and veterans. Rigorous research addressing these findings, along with further research on the efficacy and effectiveness of yoga interventions for treating various conditions are needed.
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