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Published in final edited form as: Int J Yoga Therap. 2021 Jan 1;31(1):Article_20. doi: 10.17761/2021-D-20-00004

Table 2.

Exclusion Criteria and Rationale

Inclusion Criteria (Rationale)	Exclusion Criteria (Rationale)
• Age 18–45 (adults, premenopause) • Can hear (intervention is a recording) • Can understand English (recording in English) • Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) score of 8–21 (subclinical to moderately severe clinical insomnia) • Can lie on a massage table for 90 min (lying meditation)	• Regular mind-body practice within 6 mo (may affect response) • Sleeping pills (masking of intervention effects) • Cannabis within 30 d (masking intervention effects) • Smoke cigarettes (interference with relaxation) • Sleep apnea STOP-BANG score ≥ 3 (interference with sleep) • Moderate depression, PHQ-9 score ≥ 10 (interference with sleep) • Stimulant, opioid, or illegal drug use (disrupted sleep) • Shift work (irregular sleep) • > 14 alcoholic drinks/wk (interference with REM sleep) • Unavoidable disruptions to sleep (e.g., new baby, pet, or other dependent; insomnia may not be the issue)

Inclusion Criteria (Rationale)

Exclusion Criteria (Rationale)

• Age 18–45 (adults, premenopause)
• Can hear (intervention is a recording)
• Can understand English (recording in English)
• Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) score of 8–21 (subclinical to moderately severe clinical insomnia)
• Can lie on a massage table for 90 min (lying meditation)

• Regular mind-body practice within 6 mo (may affect response)
• Sleeping pills (masking of intervention effects)
• Cannabis within 30 d (masking intervention effects)
• Smoke cigarettes (interference with relaxation)
• Sleep apnea STOP-BANG score ≥ 3 (interference with sleep)
• Moderate depression, PHQ-9 score ≥ 10 (interference with sleep)
• Stimulant, opioid, or illegal drug use (disrupted sleep)
• Shift work (irregular sleep)
• > 14 alcoholic drinks/wk (interference with REM sleep)
• Unavoidable disruptions to sleep (e.g., new baby, pet, or other dependent; insomnia may not be the issue)

Considerations: Participants who are unable to lie supine can assume another comfortable position. General anxiety will be documented in our population using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) survey upon intake. Comorbidities, including any diagnosed disease/disorder, will be documented along with any regular substance use that is not grounds for exclusion from this study (alcohol use, caffeine use, medications, etc.).