Drew Burney

Small effect, most likely.

There was a clinical trial where they had people perform some yoga versus therapy.

Yoga, about 50% of the people responded to it, but with therapy, about 70% did.

So it's not as good as therapy, but it would be a good complement, I would say.

And I don't think it's for the reasons that a lot of yogis will tell you, you know, the whole...

maybe centering or whatever it is, the kind of supernatural side of things.

Obviously, I'm not going to probably argue for that.

But for me anyway, one of the things I think that it does is it gives you a real awareness of the internal states of your body.

Brought this up a couple of times already, but I think yoga is actually a really good vehicle to experience that kind of interoception so that your internal states, your internal bodily states are

And not only that, but when I first started doing yoga, you know, the instructors would usually cue you up like, you know, if this is uncomfortable, try this or or or sit with a discomfort a lot.

And I didn't I was always kind of like, I don't want this to be uncomfortable.

I'm here to be comfortable.

But the more I got into it, the more I'm like, oh, they're telling you, OK, this is you're going to push your limit, get to a comfortable position or whatever pose you're doing and then push that and get a little bit uncomfortable.

That I found was a big like, oh, this helps you sit with a little bit of discomfort for a little bit longer.

So it's like practicing that kind of muscle, that discomfort muscle a little bit.

That's where I think the actual value of yoga is.

I don't think it's anything beyond that.

It doesn't address maybe the underlying ruminating thoughts you have.

That is why I think like the therapy in that study I mentioned, the therapy actually did a little bit better is because it's actually addressing the underlying.

A hot yoga can be, it's pretty intense.