Not exact matches
They recruited 21 female
yoga practitioners (also known as yoginis) who had practiced
yoga at least twice a week for a minimum of 8 years, although the
group had an
average of nearly 15 years of
yoga practice.
The participants»
average age in the
yoga group was 56 years and in the control
group it was 52 years.
At the start of the study, the 24 hour
average blood pressure in the
yoga group was 130/80 mmHg and in the control
group it was 127/80 mmHg.
Both 24 hour diastolic blood pressure and night diastolic blood pressure decreased by about 4.5 mmHg in the
yoga group and 24 hour
average arterial pressure decreased by about 4.9 mmHg.
In a study that confirms nearly all of the above observations, researchers at Ohio State University in Columbus divided 50 women with an
average age of 41 into two
groups: new to
yoga and experts.
After two months, the
average score of the women who completed the
yoga program decreased from 48 to 35, while the
average score in the control
group (49) didn't budge.