Establishing key components of yoga interventions for reducing depression and anxiety, and improving well-being: a Delphi method study

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:
Round 1 - recommendations to avoid	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

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