Yoga nidra relaxation increases heart rate variability and is unaffected by a prior bout of hatha yoga

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 953-958

  Markil, Nina ^a   Whitehurst, Michael ^a   Jacobs, Patrick L ^a   Zoeller, Robert F ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; YOGA; YOGA NIDRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867540463     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0331     Document Type: Article

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