NDLI: Yoga Ameliorates Performance Anxiety and Mood Disturbance in Young Professional Musicians

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Author	Khalsa, Sat Bir S. Shorter, Stephanie M. Cope, Stephen Wyshak, Grace Sklar, Elyse
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Yoga and meditation can alleviate stress, anxiety, mood disturbance, and musculoskeletal problems, and can enhance cognitive and physical performance. Professional musicians experience high levels of stress, performance anxiety, and debilitating performance-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs). The goal of this controlled study was to evaluate the benefits of yoga and meditation for musicians. Young adult professional musicians who volunteered to participate in a 2-month program of yoga and meditation were randomized to a yoga lifestyle intervention group (n = 15) or to a group practicing yoga and meditation only (n = 15). Additional musicians were recruited to a no-practice control group (n = 15). Both yoga groups attended three Kripalu Yoga or meditation classes each week. The yoga lifestyle group also experienced weekly group practice and discussion sessions as part of their more immersive treatment. All participants completed baseline and end-program self-report questionnaires that evaluated music performance anxiety, mood, PRMDs, perceived stress, and sleep quality; many participants later completed a 1-year followup assessment using the same questionnaires. Both yoga groups showed a trend towards less music performance anxiety and significantly less general anxiety/tension, depression, and anger at end-program relative to controls, but showed no changes in PRMDs, stress, or sleep. Similar results in the two yoga groups, despite psychosocial differences in their interventions, suggest that the yoga and meditation techniques themselves may have mediated the improvements. Our results suggest that yoga and meditation techniques can reduce performance anxiety and mood disturbance in young professional musicians.
Starting Page	279
Ending Page	289
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10900586
Journal	Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
Volume Number	34
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15733270
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-08-06
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Yoga Meditation Music performance Anxiety Mood Psychotherapy and Counseling Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Health Psychology Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Applied Psychology

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