Yoga Therapy Research

Niroga is interested in investigating Yoga Therapy, the use of Yoga to treat medical conditions.  More specifically, Niroga, in conjunction with other research organizations, would like to anwser two questions:

1. Is Yoga Therapy effective at treating certain chronic conditions?
   
2. If Yoga Therapy is effective, how and why is it effective?

There are several organizations currently working on Complementary Medicine generally, and Yoga Therapy. Two of these organizations, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at UCSF (OCIM) and Institute of Health and Healing at CPMC, SFO (IHH), are potential partners for research into Yoga Therapy. Furthermore, Niroga is independently engaged in single-subject studies on chronic back pain.

Recent Research Data and News

• Research by U Penn and UC Berkeley shows that self-control predicts academic acheivement, and Transformative Life Skills increase self-control
• Kaiser begins study of Niroga Healing Yoga Protocol on Heart Failure Patients July 2009

Complementary Medicine Research Organizations

• Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at UCSF (OCIM)
• Institute of Health and Healing at CPMC, SFO (IHH)
• Johns Hopkins Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM/NIH)
• International Association of Yoga Therpaists (IAYT)
• Institute of Noetic Sciences