Literature Review and Proposal: Yoga as Group Exercise Involving Oxytocin Release for Positive Mood Improvement

A literature review discusses yoga and health involving oxytocin creates the premise for a proposal combining the knowledge of yoga and its health benefits along with oxytocin\u27s potential involvement during group exercise, yoga specifically. The proposed study\u27s results of oxytocin measures and questionnaires have the potential to develop an understanding of the possible impacts of yoga on mood, particularly relationships between group exercise and yoga, which may help develop forms of group exercise or implement group yoga to assist or replace treatment for stress-caused or stress-related disorders