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Mind-Body Medicine: An Overview

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health

Potential Self-Regulatory Mechanisms of Yoga for Psychological Health

Tim Gard, Jesssica J. Noggle, Crystal L Park and David R Vago

Yoga as a Complementary Treatment of Depression: Effects of Traits and Moods on Treatment Outcome

David Shapiro, Ian A. Cook, Dmitry M. Davydov, Christina Ottaviani, Andrew F. Leuchter and Michelle Abrams

Yoga Therapy and Polyvagal Theory: The Convergence of Traditional Wisdom and Contemporary Neuroscience for Self-Regulation and Resilience

Marlysa B. Sullivan, Matt Erb, Laura Schmalzi, Steffany Moonaz, Jessica Noggle Taylor and Stephen W. Porges

What Is the Molecular Signature of Mind-Body Interventions? A Systematic Review of Gene Expression Changes Induced by Meditation and Related Practices

Ivana Buric, Miguel Farias, Jonathan Jong, Christopher Mee and Inti A. Brazil

Yoga Meditation Practitioners Exhibit Greater Gray Matter Volume and Fewer Reported Cognitive Failures: Results of a Preliminary Voxel-Based Morphometric Analysis

Brett Froeliger, Eric L. Garland and F. Jospeh McClernon

Yoga, Meditation and Mind-Body Health: Increased BDNF, Cortisol Awakening Response, and Altered Inflammatory Marker Expression after a 3-Month Yoga and Meditation Retreat

B. Rael Cahn, Matthew S. Goodman, Christine T. Peterson, Raj Mathuri and Paul J. Mills

The Effects of Meditation and Mindfulness on Cellular Aging

Kristin Jamieson

The Gut-Brain Connection

Harvard Health Publishing