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John T Farrar

2 papers in the library · 216 citations · publishing 2005-2009

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Cerebral blood flow effects of yoga training: preliminary evaluation of 4 cases.

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) January 2009 Debbie L Cohen, Nancy Wintering, Victoria Tolles et al.

Experienced practitioners of yoga have been shown to alter brain function, but this case series measured cerebral blood flow before and after a 12-week training program in Iyengar yoga (IY) for naïve subjects. On the first day, each of the 4 subjects listened to the teacher speaking on the history and background of the yoga program while they were injected with 250 MBq of (99m)Tc-bicisate and...

Association of psychological and physiological measures of stress in health‐care professionals during an 8‐week mindfulness meditation program: mindfulness in practice

Stress and Health August 23, 2005 Mary Lou Galantino, Michael Baime, Maureen Maguire et al. 216 citations

Abstract Work stress, burnout, and diminished empathy are prevalent issues for health‐care professionals. Mindfulness meditation (MM) is one commonly used strategy to manage stress. Measuring salivary cortisol allows for the assessment of serum cortisol level, a known stress level indicator. This study evaluated the association of subject‐reported stress symptoms and salivary cortisol in...