Table 4 Consensus on approaches and techniques to AVOID, for people with depression or anxiety
Round 1 - recommendations to avoid | Round 2 - General consensus achieved: | |
|---|---|---|
For people with Depression | For people with Anxiety | |
Meditation practices without any specific focus (such as emptiness or inner silence meditation) | Important or Essential to AVOID | Important or Essential to AVOID |
Rapid breathing techniques, such as kapalabhati (if anxiety or history of trauma is also present) | Important or Essential to AVOID | Important or Essential to AVOID |
Strong, vigorous or strenuous postures | Important or Essential to AVOID | Important or Essential to AVOID |
Yoga done in heated, crowded, enclosed spaces | No consensus | Important or Essential to AVOID |
Any practices which are too introspective | No consensus | Important or Essential to AVOID |
Techniques that emphasise ability, accomplishment, performance, competition | No recommendation | Important or Essential to AVOID |
Techniques that require difficult and complex instructions | No recommendation | Important or Essential to AVOID |
Comfortable holding after inhalation | No recommendation | Important or Essential to AVOID |