Motivations for Adopting and Maintaining a Yoga Practice: A National Cross-Sectional Survey.

Yoga practice is becoming increasingly popular around the world, yet little is known regarding people adopt the practice of yoga or how their reasons for practice change with continued practice. Furthermore, whether those who practice different types of yoga have different motives remains unknown. To address these issues, the authors conducted a national cross-sectional online survey of 1,702 yoga practitioners in Germany, asking about demographic information and motives for initiating and continuing yoga practice.

Adverse effects of yoga: a national cross-sectional survey.

Background: While yoga is increasingly used for health purposes, its safety has been questioned. The aim of this cross-sectional survey was to analyze yoga-associated adverse effects and their correlates.

Methods: A cross-sectional anonymous national online survey among German yoga practitioners (n = 1702; 88.

Associations of yoga practice, health status, and health behavior among yoga practitioners in Germany-Results of a national cross-sectional survey.

Background: While yoga can improve health-related variables and health behavior, different yoga styles and practice components appear to be associated with specific health outcomes. The aim of this study was to explore the connection between yoga use, health, and health behaviors across different yoga styles.

Methods: A cross-sectional anonymous online survey (n = 1,702; 88.