In a recent issue of journal Health Education & Behavior, there was an article about an anti-anxiety program targeted at office workers. Currently they are using a group for a study. Each person in the group attends weekly Yoga sessions. There are other similar programs that are more intensive. However, since this treatment if for the average office worker, its purpose is to work within the schedule and lifestyle of the average office worker.
One thing to keep in mind is that chronic stress is known to cause chronic diseases (such as heart disease). By reducing stress, anxiety, and panic attacks, one can not only live a more peaceful life, but maintain a better longterm outlook.
If this program is found to be successful and becomes popular enough, health care costs could be reduced as well. So, there are many benefits if these Yoga sessions can reduce stress and Anxiety.
In all 48 typical office workers were selected and at the sessions they performed breathing and relexation techniques aimed to bring them into a meditative state.
In many cases Panic Attacks can be caused by specific thoughts, or even distorted thoughts that trigger Anxiety. Using Yoga one can learn to change the way they percieve stress. It doesn’t matter what kind of stress it is, only that you can change how think about it.
Overall, the way people percieved stress was reduced, falling asleep sooner was easier.