Online Isha Upa Yoga for student mental health (Chang et al 2022)

English Podcast Start at 00:00:00Bengali Podcast Start at 00:19:32Hindi Podcast Start at 00:42:54Welcome to Revise and Resubmit 🎙️✨Today, a tale of breath and bandwidth: how a few minutes of calm could travel across screens and soften the noise of a pandemic semester 📡🧠We’re opening the book to “Online Isha Upa Yoga for student mental health and well-being during COVID-19: A randomized control trial,” a study tuned to the heartbeat of undergraduates under strain 📖💓Authored by Tracy F. H. Chang, Barbara L. Ley, Triya T. Ramburn, Sangeetha Srinivasan, Sepideh Hariri, Pradeep Purandare, and Balachundhar Subramaniam—voices harmonizing across campuses and clinics 🎓🧪Published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, Volume 14, Issue 4 (Nov 2022), first online Jan 22, 2022—where method meets meaning and findings find form 🗞️📅This randomized control trial with a waitlist crossover followed 679 students learning brief online Isha Upa Yoga modules over 12 weeks—small daily moves in a large uncertain world 🧘‍♀️🌐Four weeks in, stress down; well-being up; and by the end, anxiety eased, depression dimmed, positives rose, negatives fell—little hinges swinging heavy doors 📈🔧The data hums in clear notes: p = .009 for stress, p = .002 for well-being, and many p < .001 at the finish line—numbers that don’t shout, they persuade 🔬🎯But beyond p-values lies practice: simple sequences, steady breath, and a ritual that turns scattered attention into steady presence 🌬️🧩That’s today’s rhythm—how an online practice scaled through screens reached nervous systems on edge and made room for relief 🎧🌱Lean in, get curious, and listen for the moment where an ancient toolkit meets a modern trial and becomes a habit worth keeping 🔍🕰️If twelve weeks of small daily practice can change the shape of a semester, what might a semester of small daily questions change in a life 🤔✨Deep thanks to the authors—Tracy F. H. Chang, Barbara L. Ley, Triya T. Ramburn, Sangeetha Srinivasan, Sepideh Hariri, Pradeep Purandare, and Balachundhar Subramaniam—and to the publishers, The International Association of Applied Psychology and Wiley 🙏🏽📚Before heading out, subscribe to Revise and Resubmit on Spotify, hit the YouTube “Weekend Researcher” channel, and find the show on Amazon Prime and Apple Podcast—every follow fuels the next great idea 🔔▶️🌟ReferenceChang, T. F. H., Ley, B. L., Ramburn, T. T., Srinivasan, S., Hariri, S., Purandare, P., & Subramaniam, B. (2022). Online Isha Upa Yoga for student mental health and well-being during COVID-19: A randomized control trial. Applied psychology. Health and well-being, 14(4), 1408–1428. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12341‌Youtube Channel⁠https://www.youtube.com/@weekendresearcher⁠Support us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/weekendresearcher