Yoga
Care Foundation
Dedicated to Growing the Art, Science and Community of Yoga
Scientific
Research
The Yoga Care Foundation collaborates with yoga leaders, alternative healthcare
practitioners, medical experts and like-minded organizations to determine
the most current and authentic findings around yoga and its positive impact
on health and quality of life.
Currently, the Yoga Care Foundation and the University of Texas Kinesiology
Lab are conducting a joint research study on yoga and cardiovascular health.
Yogis
and Non-Yogis Wanted for Research Study
Would you like to participate in a research study about yoga and gain
valuable information about your heart health? The Yoga Care Foundation
and UT’s Kinesiology Lab are conducting a joint study on yoga
and cardiovascular health. Participants will receive information regarding
their body fat percentage, blood vessel health, and blood pressure.
Participants are required to attend two, two-hour sessions on the
UT main campus and should be ages 40-60 with no current illnesses
or injuries.
The non-yogis needed for this study must not have exercised regularly
within the past 6 months and should be new to yoga. This could be
a great opportunity for your spouse, co-worker or friend who doesn’t
practice yoga yet! The experienced yoga participants should have a
minimum of 3 years of yoga practice and currently practice at least
3 days a week.
A suggested donation of $100 to the Yoga Care Foundation is recommended
but not required to participate in the study. For more information,
email heartstudy@yogayoga.com. |
Click
here to read about Hirofumi Tanaka,
Ph.D., the prinicpal investigator of the yoga cardiovascular research
study.
Click here
to see a bibliography of works cited for the yoga cardiovascular study.
Additional links on studies about cardiovascular disease and yoga:
Risk
Indices Associated with the Insulin Resistance Syndrome, Cardiovascular
Disease, and Possible Protection with Yoga: A Systematic Review
Alternative
and Complementary Medicine for Heart Disease
Open
Your Heart To Yoga - Yoga For Heart Diseases
The
Yoga Care Foundation is a Texas Non-profit, Tax Exempt 501(c)(3) Research
and Educational Corporation.
All donations to The Yoga Care Foundation are tax-deductible.
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