Palo Alto Department of Veterans Affairs Publishes Study on SKY Breath Featured in Psychology Today
A study on veterans practicing SKY Breath Meditation conducted by the Palo Alto Department of Veterans Affairs was just published in the BMJ Journal and an article talking about the study was published in Psychology Today. The study found that…
- SKY Breath Meditation was just as effective as therapy in treating PTSD
- SKY Breath Meditation was as effective as CPT in treating depression
- Only SKY improved symptoms at a physiological level, as measured by Heart Rate Variability (HRV). HRV has been shown to be lower in people with trauma, stress, or PTSD, whereas in people without mental illness or excess stress it is higher; signaling a balanced nervous system.
Given that the gold standard treatment for PTSD, Cognitive Processing Therapy, does not work for everyone because many people prefer not to talk about their trauma, dropout rates are high, and that patients may feel stigma associated with therapy, SKY Breath Meditation is an alternative treatment that could be highly beneficial for people with trauma.
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