Table 5 Moderate and severe adverse events observed by yoga therapists

Eyes and ears

Blackout

1

Respiratory system

Difficult breathing and hyperventilation

7

Rapid breathing

1

Cardiovascular system

Breathlessness

2

Palpitation

2

Heart attack

2

Chest tightness

1

Arrhythmia

1

Gastrointestinal system

Nausea

4

Abdominal pain

3

Musculoskeletal system

Muscular pain

11

Joint pain

3

Foot and muscle cramp

3

Bone fracture

2

Achilles tendon rupture

1

Meniscal injury

1

Subluxation of the hip joint,

1

Skin

Perspiration, cold sweat, and stress-induced perspiration

4

Pruritus of the skin

1

Neurological system

Dizziness and physical unsteadiness

20

Fall

9

Headache

2

Dazed

1

Cold limbs

1

Faintness

1

Shaking of the body

1

Flushing of the body

1

Numbness of the body

1

Fatigue

Feeling of unwellness

18

Psychological symptoms

Recollection of bad experience

4

Heightened emotion

2

Confusion

2

Tension

1

Other

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

1

Pain of surgical scar

1

Other

3