effectiveness of sahaja-yoga mindfulness exercises on the reduction of depression, anxiety and stress in women

increasing pressure of stressors along with anxiety and depression reduce the human being’s ability to deal with simple issues of life. women who are often facing with stressful situations are more fragile and vulnerable than men. the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of sahaja-yoga mindfulness exercises on reducing stress, anxiety and depression in women with stress, anxiety and depression disorders. the research design was pretest post-test without control group. the statistical population of this research included 700 women who went to tehran’s shahid shirin health center. based on the purpose of the study, 20 women were selected by the convenience sampling method. they were trained in 12 two-hour sessions which lasted 3 months. for the pre-test, post-test and the 3-month follow-up, depression, anxiety and stress scale was used to collect data. analysis of variance with repeated measures and t- test were used to analyze the collected data. the results indicated that there was a significant difference between the pre-test and posttest in terms of the reduction of stress, anxiety and depression (p<0.01). the same results were obtained after a 3-month follow-up (p<0.01). so it seems that the sahaja yoga mindfulness exercise program, as a supplementary intervention, along with other common treatments can be useful for treating emotional problems of individuals, especially women.