Participants in a three-month yoga and meditation retreat showed "decreases in self-reported anxiety and depression as well as increases in mindfulness", effects mirrored by physical indicators measured: cortisol awakening response, inflammatory stress markers, and brain derived neurotrophic factor.

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Participants in a three-month yoga and meditation retreat showed "decreases in self-reported anxiety and depression as well as increases in mindfulness", effects mirrored by physical indicators measured: cortisol awakening response, inflammatory stress markers, and brain derived neurotrophic factor.