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Therapeutic Processes in a Yoga Ashram

Although communal and new religious groups are said to provide quasi-therapeutic experiences for relatively healthy individuals in our society, there is little information about how this occurs. This study examines the lifestyle and social structure of a yoga ashram and describes how they facilitate processes where residents learn to release and prevent stress in their lives.

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