Study	Reason for exclusion
Bhatia 2012	Allocation: not randomised.
Duraiswamy 2007	Allocation: randomised. Participants: moderately ill people with schizophrenia attending outpatient and inpatient services. Interventions: yoga versus exercise. Control group was not participants receiving standard care.
JPRN‐UMIN000013746	Allocation: randomised. Participants: people with schizophrenia. Interventions: yoga therapy versus ''A simple exercise'', not standard‐care control.
Mahal 1976	Allocation: ''double blind''. Participants: people with schizophrenia. Interventions: "Tagara" (local drug with antipsychotic properties) and "Brahmyadiyoga" (an herbal compound) versus chlorpromazine versus placebo, not yoga.
Manjunath 2013	Allocation: randomised. Participants: people with schizophrenia or related disorders. Interventions: yoga versus exercise therapy, not standard‐care control.
Paikkatt 2012	Allocation: randomised. Participants: people with schizophrenia. Intervention: yoga plus motivational and feedback session versus waiting list, not yoga alone.
Ramu 1999	Allocation: ''double blind''. Participants: people with schizophrenia. Interventions: "Tagara" (local drug with antipsychotic properties) and "Brahmyadiyoga" (an herbal compound) versus chlorpromazine versus placebo, not yoga.
SLCTR‐2013‐008	Allocation: randomised. Participants: people with schizophrenia. Interventions: yoga combined with relaxation exercises, breathing exercises, body movement exercises, basic acting exercises, Alexander technique, theatre games, exercise ''to build self confidence'', creative work using props, use of music to enhance creativity and moods versus comparison group receiving standard care, which does not include any of the above, not yoga as a stand‐alone intervention versus standard‐care control.
Vancampfort 2011a	Allocation: randomised. Participants: people with schizophrenia. Interventions: yoga and aerobic exercise versus control, not yoga alone.
Varambally 2013	Allocation: randomised. Participants: caregivers of people with schizophrenia, not sufferers of schizophrenia.
Xie 2006	Allocation: randomised. Participants: people with schizophrenia. Intervention: yoga plus counselling versus standard care, not yoga alone.