Optimization and Multi-Site Feasibility of Yoga for Chronic Pain in People in YOGAMAT-II - Phase I

Exclusion Criteria

• •Currently taking yoga classes or practicing yoga at home once per week or more often.
• •Medical conditions that would make participation in yoga unsafe or not possible, including active malignancy treatment, fracture, recent joint surgery, use of assistive ambulatory devices other than a cane. . (In cases where this is unclear, site PI will make final determination based on available evidence.)
• •Severe or progressive neurologic deficits. (In cases where this is unclear, site PI will make final determination based on available evidence.)
• •Other severe disabling chronic medical and/or psychiatric comorbidities deemed by the site PI on a case-by-case basis to prevent safe or adequate participation in the study (e.g., cognitive impairment that prevents a participant from understanding assessments; history of disruptive behavior in medical settings; severe disabling heart failure or lung disease)
• •Surgery requiring overnight hospitalization planned in the next 3 months
• •Pregnancy
• •Plan to move out of the area within 6 months.
• •Homeless, defined as any time in the past month sleeping in a shelter or on the street.