Meditative movement for depression and anxiety

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Payne, Peter ^a   Crane Godreau, Mardi A ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Chi kung; Default mode network; Exercise; Interoception; Qigong; Tai chi; Taijiquan

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AUTOREGULATION; AWARENESS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; DEPRESSION; FELDENKRAIS METHOD; HUMAN; IMAGERY; KINESTHESIA; MEDITATION; MEDITATIVE MOVEMENT; OSCILLATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; QIGONG; RELAXATION SENSATION; REVIEW; RHYTHM; SEATED MEDITATION; SENSATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; YOGA;

EID: 84884546935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00071     Document Type: Review

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