NEWS
THE YOGA EFFECT – Liz Owen and Holly Lebowitz Rossi announce a new book published by Da Capo Lifelong / Hachette. The Yoga Effect: A Proven Program for Depression and Anxiety is an accessible, engaging, and evidence-based program to help you ease depression and anxiety through the practice of yoga. Available for order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound, and BAM!
Yoga for a Healthy Lower Back, by Liz Owen and Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Shambhala Publications.
UPCOMING EVENTS
FALL RETREAT IN MID-COAST MAINE – September 2026
3 nights, 4 days
Friday, September 25 – Monday, September 28, 2026
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SAMAMKAYA YOGA, New York, NY – November 21-22, 2026
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YUCATAN WINTER RETREAT – February/March 2027
6 nights, 7 days
Saturday, February 27 – Friday, March 5, 2027
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YOGA FOR DEPRESSION & ANXIETY STUDY
Our clinical study on yoga for depression and anxiety was published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, March, 2017, with impressive results. The study was conducted at Boston University School of Medicine with NIH funding. In a group of beginning yoga practitioners diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, practicing 90 minutes of yoga twice a week, along with some home practice, significantly decreased symptoms of depression and anxiety as measured by MRI technology and Beck’s Depression Inventory scale.
To find out more, here are a few articles of note:
It’s Official: Yoga Helps Depression
Time.com
Yoga Helps Reduce Symptoms of Depression, Study Finds
Psychology Today
Yoga Needs to Cut the B****: All the Pseudoscience Can Detract From the Way Your Practice Can Actually Help
Tonic/Vice
And for those interested in reading the study and abstract, here is the full study.
Photograph by Andree Lerat
Image Credit: “The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine” by Devdutt Pattanaik.