title: Yin yoga and mindfulness: a five week randomized controlled study evaluating the effects of the YOMI program on stress and worry.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The YOMI program is a psychoeducational training and physical practice-based program that bridges knowledge from evidence-based psychotherapy with the practice of mindfulness and yin yoga. It consists of 10 content-specific sessions and does not include home assignments. The primary purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effects of the five-week YOMI program on perceived stress, worry and mindfulness in a non-clinical sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this randomized controlled trial participants were assigned to two groups. Group 1 participated in the five-week intervention twice a week while Group 2 was assigned to a waiting-list condition and participated in the intervention after Group 1. All measures were administered through self-report questionnaires, conducted via a web-based program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the study indicated significant effects of the YOMI program on decreasing stress and worry, and increasing mindfulness. Notably these changes were still present at five-week follow up. Consistent with the hypotheses, results suggested that the YOMI program established a group setting where individuals learned to use tools and methods to facilitate better self-directed practice. The study shows moderate to large effect sizes.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Lund University , Lund , Sweden.
authors.forename: Frida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hylander
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Lund University , Lund , Sweden.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Lund University , Lund , Sweden.
authors.forename: Daiva
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Daukantaitė
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness / Q000379:methods*; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015013:Yoga / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: FFMQ; PSS; PSWQ; YOMI; acceptance; mindfulness; psychology; stress; worry; yoga