TABLE 2.

Training session details as suggested by Van Dam et al. (2018) for yoga group (n = 27).

Teacher information	Number/types of retreats attended	5
	Experience in contemplative instruction	10 years
	Formal contemplative training	10 years
	Formal clinical qualification	None
	Blinded to experimental hypotheses	Yes
Practice	Setting(s)	Student activity Centre
information	Physical	Open space/Large hall (as per the weather)
	Social	19–22 students
	Overall duration	8 weeks
	Frequency of meetings	Twice a week
	Average length of meetings	70 min
	Types of formal practice	Yoga and breath control
	Approximate total percentage of each type of practice	50% yoga posture and 50% breathing (see Table 1)
	Types of informal practice	None
	Logs, practice review, guided	Logs maintained for each guided session
	Types of instructional materials used	Verbal instructions and demonstration from the trainer
General	Instructor adherence assessed	Yes
information	Control group used	No
	Randomization/allocation method	No
	Adverse events monitored	Yes
Participant information	Inclusion criteria	Yoga-naïve, age: 18–30 years
	Exclusion criteria	Exclusion: Psychiatric illness (MINI)
	Prior meditation experience	None
Conflict	Formal: Funding agency	Faculty Interdisciplinary Research Project
	Informal: Financial benefit	None