Yoga
Movement and breath practice. Sits between training and recovery depending on the style, so log the intensity rather than assuming.
Recovery practices
Research records
Historical source snapshot. Not freshly verified, not a recommendation. Study findings, community accounts and app defaults are not interchangeable.
Publication suitability · 2026-10-15: Historical reference only; not a clinical verification. Clinical, regulatory, efficacy, safety and dose claims are not independently established by this review.
Yoga
Movement and breath practice. Sits between training and recovery depending on the style, so log the intensity rather than assuming.
Evidence category: Systematic review. This describes the source category, not approval or certainty.
Regulatory statement in source: Not separately recorded; do not infer approval from the evidence category.
Yoga combines postures, breathing and meditation. A meta-analysis of randomised trials in adults with overweight or obesity found reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, with smaller effects on lipids and moderate-quality evidence. A meta-analysis of 53 trials found improvements in cholesterol and triglyceride measures, with high variation between studies. A systematic review of six randomised trials in women with gynaecological cancer reported less anxiety and depression and better quality of life, at low to moderate certainty, and a further review covers controlled trials in type 2 diabetes. Styles and durations differ widely, which limits comparison between studies.
Benefits reported in the imported source
- Pooled randomised trials in adults with overweight or obesity found blood pressure fell modestly
- In women with gynaecological cancer, anxiety, depression and quality of life improved
- Pooled trials found improvements in cholesterol and triglyceride measures
Risks and limits
- Lipid changes were below clinically important thresholds and glucose effects stayed uncertain
- Certainty was low to moderate and studies varied widely
- Styles and durations differ so much that trials are hard to compare
Source bottom line: Yoga gave modest blood pressure and mood benefits in randomised trials, with wide variation.
Uncertainty: Reference information only. Not medical advice.
Study protocols — reports, not instructions
320 adult women with gynaecological cancers across six randomised trials
- Reported regimen
- yoga interventions of at least four weeks, including meditative forms such as yoga nidra and pranayama, and restorative styles
- Duration
- at least 4 weeks
- Reported outcome
- Anxiety, depression and stress fell and quality of life, fatigue and cognition improved at low to moderate certainty; no adverse events were observed.
- Source
- Effects of Yoga Interventions on Health Outcomes in Women With Gynecological Cancers: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials (Giridharan et al. 2025)
Claim provenance
evidence.json#/catalog:recovery:yoga/protocols/0
2,689 adults with overweight or obesity across 30 randomised trials, 2,313 of them in the meta-analyses
- Reported regimen
- the trials with benefit used sessions of at least 60 minutes, at least three times a week, totalling at least 180 minutes a week
- Duration
- at least 12 weeks in the trials that showed benefit
- Reported outcome
- Systolic blood pressure fell 4.35 mmHg and diastolic 2.06 mmHg; lipid changes were below clinically important thresholds and glucose effects stayed uncertain.
- Source
- Impact of yoga on cardiometabolic health in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Wasityastuti et al. 2026)
Claim provenance
evidence.json#/catalog:recovery:yoga/protocols/1
Community and practice descriptions
Accounts of a practice are not evidence of safety or effectiveness. Words such as “standard”, “safe” or “recommended” describe the source account, not verified consensus or this wiki’s advice. Commercial and self-published citations are retained for traceability, not vendor endorsement or independent clinical corroboration.
Unverified imported account — Yoga: Effectiveness and Safety - NCCIH
An imported authored paraphrase, not a quotation or a recommended protocol.
Review: unverified historical account. The imported wording is preserved for attribution; its full clinical, dosing, efficacy or consensus claims have not been independently established. Described practice context only; no clinical benefit or safety outcome is inferred.
Imported wording: Yoga as practiced in the United States typically combines physical postures, breathing techniques and meditation; styles range from gentle to physically demanding.
Historical research outcome: verified-description · 2026-10-06
Rechecked the previously published description against live source content. The live NCCIH page explicitly describes the postures, breathing and meditation emphasis of US practice and its range of styles. Trial results are not repeated.
- https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/yoga-effectiveness-and-safety: verified-description — The live NCCIH page explicitly describes the postures, breathing and meditation emphasis of US practice and its range of styles. Trial results are not repeated.
Pharmacokinetic context
No half-life recorded in this source snapshot. No value has been inferred.
Source references
- Effects of Yoga Interventions on Health Outcomes in Women With Gynecological Cancers: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials (Giridharan et al. 2025)
- Yoga for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials (Innes and Selfe, 2016) (availability check 2026-10-15: retrieval failed; no access or certificate warning bypassed)
- Impact of yoga on cardiometabolic health in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Wasityastuti et al. 2026)
- The Effect of Yoga on the Lipid Profile: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials (Ghazvineh et al. 2022)
- NCCIH: yoga
- PubMed: yoga (availability check 2026-10-15: possible access barrier; not independently inspected; HTTP 200)
Snapshot provenance
Source ID: catalog:recovery:yoga. Commit: adc7684614f9439b41d91a3312b62e7982c7e20e. Review state: historical-not-reverified. Authored links are retained separately from the canonical evidence links in the public data. App templates/defaults and rejected drafts are archived, not deployed.
Related entries and components
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