Meditation and Kundalini Yoga for Persistent Lyme-related Symptoms - an Online Study
Post-Treatment Lyme Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Post-Treatment Lyme Disease focused on measuring Lyme disease, Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, Chronic Lyme Disease
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Continued Lyme disease-related symptoms despite prior antibiotic treatment
- Current symptoms of either fatigue or pain that is moderate in severity
- Treatment history over the prior 8 weeks: Either no treatment or it's been stable
- Willingness to not start a new medical or psychiatric treatment during the 8 study weeks
- Access to a smart phone
- Age 18-70 and able to read and understand English
- Lives in the United States
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current severe depression, Substance abuse in the last 6 months, pain disorder treated with an opiate-based medication, or current or past episodes of Psychosis or Bipolar disorder.
- Individuals with physical disability that might make study participation difficult.
- Individuals whose current medical status is so severe or unstable that participation in the study (and not receiving new treatments from other providers) would be difficult
- Unwillingness to complete questionnaires on-line or dedicate thirty minutes daily to meditation and/or stretching
- Unwillingness to continue in the study for 8 weeks by completing self-report evaluations if randomly assigned to the wait-list rather than to Kundalini Yoga or Meditation.
- Individuals unwilling to delay starting any new Mind-body practice (e.g., meditation , Yoga) until after the 8 weeks of the study have been completed.
- Individuals with a current daily practice of Mindfulness-based stress reduction or those who currently have a daily practice of meditation or yoga
- Individuals unwilling to provide records of prior diagnosis and treatment for Lyme disease
Individuals unwilling to accept push notifications to their smartphone or computer
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Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
No Intervention
Meditation
Kundalini Yoga
Treatment as Usual
This is a daily 15 minute meditation with guided breathing. Accessible through an app.
This is a daily 30 minute practice of Kundalini Yoga (stretching, guided breathing, and meditation). Accessible by smart phone, tablet or computer.
This group will serve as the comparison to assess the efficacy of the active treatments in that no study treatment will be provided. The participants will be asked to not start new treatments during the 8 weeks of the study.