Grand Rounds: Yoga for Anxiety: The Science and Research

This presentation will overview the scientific evidence on the underlying mechanisms of yoga practice supporting the rationale for yoga for anxiety and anxiety disorders, and will also present recent published clinical trial evidence for its efficacy for anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder.

Presented by Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Director of Yoga Research, Yoga Alliance, Director of Research, Kundalini Research Institute, Research Associate, Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Research Affiliate, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Editor in Chief, International Journal of Yoga Therapy