Participants
cancer, peripheral artery disease, musculoskeletal injuries, diabetes
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE, HEART DISEASE, CVD, CANCER, DIABETES
A convenience sample of 18 unpaid volunteers were recruited for this study between April 1, 2022 through April 25, 2022. Participants were required to be between 18–55 years old and have had any experience with vinyasa yoga to ensure that they could appropriately perform the yoga sequence. Individuals were excluded from this study if they had physical limitations (i.e., musculoskeletal injuries), a medical condition that required medical clearance (i.e., cancer, heart disease, or type 1 or 2 diabetes), presence of a cardiovascular condition (CVD), previous myocardial infarction, or peripheral artery disease), were taking medications that affect HR or BP (i.e., anti-depressants, beta-blockers, etc.), or were pregnant.Individuals were recruited through flyers distributed to students/staff in the Department of Health and Human Development at the University of Pittsburgh. All interested individuals gave verbal consent to complete a screening session, after which, if found to be eligible, they attended a virtual or in-person consent session to understand study requirements, obtain written consent, and determine vinyasa yoga familiarity. All study procedures were approved by the University of Pittsburgh Human Research Protection Office (IRB Approval Number: STUDY 22020050).