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ArticleJournal of Parkinson's disease2026

Meditation and breathwork on anxiety in Parkinson's disease: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Akila Rayapuraju, Preeti U Reed, Jennifer Liu, Mei Chen, Morgan Pratt, Tulsi Chase, Victor Novack, Daniel Weintraub, David K Simon, Balachundhar Subramaniam

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Akila RayapurajuSadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9265-077X
Preeti U ReedSadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1709-8158
Jennifer LiuHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4003-0696
Mei ChenSadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA, USA.
Morgan PrattSadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-4022-7014
Tulsi ChaseSadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA, USA.
Victor NovackClinical Research Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Daniel WeintraubDepartment of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0633-7168
David K SimonHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4793-0574
Balachundhar SubramaniamSadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6510-3885

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Abstract

BackgroundAnxiety and other non-motor symptoms can greatly diminish quality of life in people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Yet, few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have assessed accessible, non-pharmacological mental health treatments for people with PD.ObjectiveTo assess the feasibility and impact of brief, remotely-delivered meditation and breathwork on neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with PD.MethodsIn this 18-week RCT, intervention participants attended weekly webinars for six weeks, while waitlisted controls maintained their usual routine before crossing over at six weeks. Participants were assessed for weekly compliance trends (primary outcome) and changes in anxiety (primary outcome), depression, perceived stress, and other non-motor symptoms at 6-week intervals: baseline and weeks 6 (T2), 12 (T3), and 18 (T4). Weekly compliance was collected in each group for 12 weeks. Anxiety was measured using the Parkinson's Anxiety Scale.ResultsThere was a significant decrease in the primary outcome, anxiety, in the intervention group (n = 17) compared to the waitlist control (n = 21) after 6 weeks of meditation and breathwork practice (mean difference (MD)= -5.0, 95% CI [-9.5, -0.49],

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anxietymeditationmental healthParkinson's diseasetelemedicine

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PMCPMC13451401

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