{"id":1231,"date":"2007-07-05T11:25:02","date_gmt":"2007-07-05T11:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/07\/eight-weeks-of-yoga-improves-c.html"},"modified":"2007-07-05T11:25:02","modified_gmt":"2007-07-05T11:25:02","slug":"eight-weeks-of-yoga-improves-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/07\/eight-weeks-of-yoga-improves-c.html","title":{"rendered":"Eight Weeks of Yoga Improves Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yoga continues to get good press. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirdage.com\/news\/articles\/ALT02\/07\/07\/05\/ALT02070705-02.html\" target=\"_new\">Here&#8217;s the latest<\/a>. An excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yoga reduced anxiety and improved motivation and concentration in as little as eight weeks, according to a new study.<br \/>\nThe study involved 84 college students who were put in a 10-week <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hatha_yoga\" target=\"_new\">Hatha<\/a> yoga class. The students were given standard tests to measure concentration, motivation and anxiety.<br \/>\nThe average age of the students was 24, and 93 percent were women, 45 percent Hispanic, 35 percent white, and 7 percent African-American.<br \/>\nBy eight weeks there was significant improvement in all three areas. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoga continues to get good press. Here&#8217;s the latest. An excerpt: Yoga reduced anxiety and improved motivation and concentration in as little as eight weeks, according to a new study. The study involved 84 college students who were put in a 10-week Hatha yoga class. 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