Program to Overcome Pelvic Pain With Yoga

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Participation in organized yoga classes in the past 1 month, or any prior yoga therapy directed specifically at pelvic or genital pain (regardless of timing)
• •2. Currently pregnant (by self-report or screening test), pregnant within the past 6 months, planning pregnancy during the study, or unwilling to use contraception (if not postmenopausal) during the study
• •3. Diagnosed with an alternate cause of pain that is unlikely to respond to yoga and requires another treatment modality, such as pelvic infection or a gynecologic dermatosis
• •4. Surgery to the vulva, vagina, cervix, or pelvic organs within 6 months of screening, or any prior history of cancer or irradiation to these structures
• •5. Initiation of or dose escalation of pharmacologic agents that may affect pelvic or genital pain in the past 1 month (e.g., antidepressants, anticonvulsants, anxiolytics)-women on stable dose for \>1 month are eligible
• •6. Use of formal psychological therapies specifically for pelvic or genital pain (e.g., systematic desensitization, sex therapy, cognitive therapy, relaxation therapy) within 1 month of screening
• •7. Use of formal behavioral therapies for pelvic or genital pain (e.g., pelvic floor rehabilitation or biofeedback performed by a certified healthcare practitioner) within 1 month of screening
• •8. Unable to walk up a flight of stairs or at least 2 blocks on level ground (i.e., functional capacity \< 4 METs), or unable to get up from a supine to a standing position without assistance in \<10 seconds
• •9. Currently involved in a malpractice suit or other litigation specifically related to pelvic or genital pain
• •10. Participation in another interventional study that might interfere with or confound study procedures, inability to sign an informed consent or fill out questionnaires, or conflict with available yoga class dates