Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health
2025
Stephanie Voss, Ishaan Patel, Claire Skowron et al.
3 citations
Chronic pain has been linked to increased awareness of but decreased accuracy in detecting internal sensations. Interoception, the sense of signals from inside the body, may be a therapeutic target to improve pain. No studies have examined the feasibility of targeting interoceptive skills within a yoga intervention for chronic pain - where direct engagement with challenging sensations may be...
Exercise and sport sciences reviews
April 1, 2023
Stephanie Voss, Jonathan Cerna, Neha P Gothe
Yoga, a physical and contemplative practice, offers the practitioner a unique mind-body exercise experience demonstrating preliminary efficacy in improving cognitive health. We examine the evidence for underlying mechanisms that explain the yoga-cognition relationship in healthy older adults. The cognitive benefits of yoga may be the result of improved stress regulation and neurocognitive...
Annals of medicine
2023
Stephanie Voss, Daniel A Boachie, Norberto Nieves et al.
Chronic pain is a significant source of suffering in the United States, and many individuals increasingly turn towards yoga for pain relief. However, little is known regarding how yoga improves pain. Herein we seek to examine the scope of the literature linking mind-body practices, pain and interoception; an emerging mechanism by which yoga may improve chronic pain. This scoping review followed...
Brain plasticity
December 26, 2019
Neha P Gothe, Imadh Khan, Jessica Hayes et al.
Yoga is the most popular complementary health approach practiced by adults in the United States. It is an ancient mind and body practice with origins in Indian philosophy. Yoga combines physical postures, rhythmic breathing and meditative exercise to offer the practitioners a unique holistic mind-body experience. While the health benefits of physical exercise are well established, in recent...
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences
July 14, 2014
Neha P Gothe, Arthur F Kramer, Edward Mcauley
Background: Few scientific studies have examined movement-based embodied contemplative practices such as yoga and their effects on cognition. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to examine the effects of an 8-week Hatha yoga intervention on executive function measures of task switching and working memory capacity. Methods: Community-dwelling older adults (N = 118; mean age =...