The Science of Yoga for Mental Health

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Jean's Publications

• Yoga versus transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy for emotional disorders in community-dwelling adults: Study protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial

   Advances in integrative medicine 

2013

• Breathing with Luce Irigaray Breath of Awakening: Nonduality, Breathing & Sexual Difference
  Book Chapter in: Irigaray, L., Skof, L & Holmes, E. (2013), Breathing with Luce Irigaray
• Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education Pilot Study on Maternal Self-Efficacy and Fear of Childbirth
  Jean Byrne PhD , Yvonne Hauck RN, RM, PhD, MSc, Colleen Fisher PhD, Sara Bayes RN, RM, PhD, MMid, Robert Schutze MPsych(Clinical), Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health · Jan 1, 2013
• “Authorized by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois”: The Role of Paramparā and Lineage in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga“
  Oxford University Press · Jan 1, 2013, Chapter in the book Gurus of Modern Yoga.
  During his life, modern founder of Ashtanga Yoga Pattabhi Jois gave his blessing (“authorization/certification”) to certain students to teach the Ashtanga Yoga method, insisting they instruct as he had instructed them, and as he learned from his teacher Krishnamacharya. In Ashtanga Yoga schools throughout the world, the claim “Authorized/certified by Pattabhi Jois” has become commonplace and attests to a supposed purity of the teachings that will be given by teachers with this status. This chapter examines what it means to be authorized/certified by Jois; the complexity and currency of...

2012

• Participant experiences of mindfulness-based childbirth education: a qualitative study
  BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth · Nov 1, 2012
• Childbirth is an important transitional life event, but one in which many women are dissatisfied stemming in part from a sense that labour is something that happens to them rather than with them. Promoting maternal satisfaction with childbirth means equipping women with communication and decision making skills that will enhance their ability to feel involved in their labour. Additionally, traditional antenatal education does not necessarily prepare expectant mothers and their birth support partner adequately for birth. Mindfulness-based interventions appear to hold promise in addressing these issues. Mindfulness-based Child Birth Education (MBCE) was a pilot intervention combining skills-based antenatal education and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Participant experiences of MBCE, both of expectant mothers and their birth support partners are the focus of this article. 

2010

• Enlightenment  Between  Two:  Luce  Irigaray,  Nonduality  and  Sexual  Difference 
  Byrne, J. (2010). Enlightenment  Between  Two:  Luce  Irigaray,  Nonduality  and  Sexual  Difference’  Poligrafi,  Winter  Issue. 

2008

• Yoga in the Modern World
  Co-editor of Yoga in the Modern World: Contemporary Perspectives
• A randomised controlled trial to test the feasibility of online mindfulness programs for people with multiple sclerosis. 
  Dunne, J., Chih, H. J., Begley, A., Daly, A., Gerlach, R., Schütze, R., ... & Black, L. J. (2021). Multiple sclerosis and related disorders, 48, 102728.
• Mindfulness Based Childbirth Education: incorporating adult and experiential learning with mindfulness based stress reduction in childbirth education. 
• Hauck, Y., Fisher, C., Byrne, J. & Bayes, S. Mindfulness Based Childbirth Education: incorporating adult and experiential learning with mindfulness based stress reduction in childbirth education. Accepted by Journal of Perinatal Education on September 17th, 2015.
• Mindfulness and avoidance mediate the relationship between yoga practice and anxiety
  Boni, M., Schütze, R., Kane, R. T., Morgan-Lowes, K. L., Byrne, J., & Egan, S. J. (2018). Complementary therapies in medicine, 40, 89-94.
• ‘Who  Am  I?  A  response  to  the  koan  ‘woman’’‘Who  Am  I?  A  response  to  the  koan  ‘woman’’
  Woman Church: An Australian Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
  Buddhist theory can provide a new perspective from which we can understand the problem of how to define ‘woman’. Relating Mahayana Buddhist ideas of emptiness and not-self to a definition of woman allows for the conceptualising of an idea of ‘woman’ which is simultaneously absolute and relative, without being oppositional. Mahayana Buddhist theory shifts the emphasis on gender from being a static category to gender as fluid and boundless. Such a conception allows for social action based on an idea of ‘woman’ without binding all women to an homogenising and fixed category - ‘woman’ - creating a space in which women can simply ‘be’. The question of how to define woman can then become a koan, allowing us to see our true nature, rather than invoking an intellectual crisis.

Rob's Publications

2025

Journal Articles (Research)

• Simpson, P., R. Holopainen, R. Schutze, P. O’Sullivan, P. Kent, and A. Smith. 2025. "“Every patient teaches you something new”: experiences of physiotherapists delivering cognitive functional therapy for chronic, disabling low back pain in a randomised controlled trial." Disability and Rehabilitation 47 (13): 3375-3383.
• Mathersul, D. C., J. M. Byrne, J. J. Y. Lau, R. M. Schütze, Y. C. Learmonth, H. Fujiyama, K. Naragon-Gainey, P. M. McEvoy, and P. J. Bayley., "Yoga versus transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy for emotional disorders in community-dwelling adults: Study protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial." Advances in Integrative Medicine 12 (3). Inpress.
• Klem, N. R., H. Slater, S. Rowbotham, J. Chua, R. Waller, J. N. Stinson, L. Romero, S. M. Lord, B. Tory, R. Schütze, and 1 more contributors. 2025. "Lived and care experiences of young people with chronic musculoskeletal pain and mental health conditions: A systematic review with qualitative evidence synthesis." Pain 166 (4): 732-754.
• Simpson, P., R. Holopainen, R. Schutze, P. O'Sullivan, P. Kent, N. -. R. Klem, and A. Smith. 2025. "Physiotherapists’ delivery of cognitive functional therapy in clinical practice: perceived facilitators and barriers from a socioecological perspective." Disability and Rehabilitation

2024

Journal Articles (Research)

• Simpson, P., R. Holopainen, R. Schütze, P. O’Sullivan, A. Smith, and P. Kent. 2024. "Becoming confidently competent: a qualitative investigation of training in cognitive functional therapy for persistent low back pain." Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 40 (4): 804-816.
• Hancock, M., A. Smith, P. O'Sullivan, R. Schütze, J. P. Caneiro, J. Hartvigsen, K. O'Sullivan, A. McGregor, T. Haines, A. Vickery, and 2 more contributors. 2024. "Patients with worse disability respond best to cognitive functional therapy for chronic low back pain: a pre-planned secondary analysis of a randomised trial." Journal of Physiotherapy 70 (4): 294-301.
• Klem, N. -. R., P. O'Sullivan, A. Smith, and R. Schutze. 2024. "A Prospective Qualitative Inquiry of Patient Experiences of Cognitive Functional Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain During the RESTORE Trial." Qualitative Health Research

2023

Journal Articles (Research)

• Kent, P., T. Haines, P. O'Sullivan, A. Smith, A. Campbell, R. Schutze, S. Attwell, J. P. Caneiro, R. Laird, K. O'Sullivan, and 5 more contributors. 2023. "Cognitive functional therapy with or without movement sensor biofeedback versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain (RESTORE): a randomised, controlled, three-arm, parallel group, phase 3, clinical trial." Lancet 401 (10391): 1866-1877.

2022

Journal Articles (Research)

• McLaughlin, C., R. Schutze, C. Pennell, D. Henley, M. Robinson, L. Straker, and A. Smith. 2022. "The anticipatory response to stress and symptoms of depression and anxiety in early adulthood." Psychoneuroendocrinology 136
• Dario, A. B., S. J. Kamper, C. Williams, L. Straker, P. O’Sullivan, R. Schütze, and A. Smith. 2022. "Psychological distress in early childhood and the risk of adolescent spinal pain with impact." European Journal of Pain United Kingdom 26 (2): 522-530.
• Slater, H., J. E. Jordan, P. B. O'Sullivan, R. Schütze, R. Goucke, J. Chua, A. Browne, B. Horgan, S. De Morgan, and A. M. Briggs. 2022. ""Listen to me, learn from me": a priority setting partnership for shaping interdisciplinary pain training to strengthen chronic pain care." Pain 163 (11): E1145-E1163.

2021

Journal Articles (Research)

• McLaughlin, C., R. Schutze, D. Henley, C. Pennell, L. Straker, and A. Smith. 2021. "Prenatal and childhood stress exposure and the sex specific response to psychosocial stress in adulthood." Psychoneuroendocrinology 125
• Vaegter, H. B., J. V. Johansen, L. Sopina, A. Smith, P. Kent, K. S. Fuglsang, J. F. Pedersen, R. Schutze, P. O'sullivan, G. Handberg, and 4 more contributors. 2021. "A cognitive functional therapy+ pathway versus an interdisciplinary pain management pathway for patients with severe chronic low back pain (confetti trial): Protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial." Physical Therapy 101 (9)
• Klem, N. -. R., A. Smith, P. O'Sullivan, M. M. Dowsey, R. Schutze, P. Kent, P. F. M. Choong, and S. Bunzli. 2021. "What influences patient satisfaction after total knee replacement? A qualitative long-term follow-up study." BMJ Open 11
• Simpson, P., R. Holopainen, R. Schütze, P. O’Sullivan, A. Smith, S. J. Linton, M. Nicholas, and P. Kent. 2021. "Training of Physical Therapists to Deliver Individualized Biopsychosocial Interventions to Treat Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions: A Scoping Review." Physical Therapy 101 (10)
• Dunne, J., H. J. Chih, A. Begley, A. Daly, R. Gerlach, R. Schütze, E. Castell, J. Byrne, and L. J. Black. 2021. "A randomised controlled trial to test the feasibility of online mindfulness programs for people with multiple sclerosis." Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 48

2020

Journal Articles (Research)

• Schütze, R., C. Rees, A. Smith, H. Slater, and P. O’Sullivan. 2020. "Metacognition, perseverative thinking, and pain catastrophizing: A moderated-mediation analysis." European Journal of Pain United Kingdom 24 (1): 223-233.
• Klem, N. R., A. Smith, P. O'Sullivan, M. M. Dowsey, R. Schütze, P. Kent, P. F. Choong, and S. Bunzli. 2020. "What influences patient satisfaction after TKA? A qualitative investigation." Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 478 (8): 1850-1866.
• Holopainen, R., P. Simpson, A. Piirainen, J. Karppinen, R. Schütze, A. Smith, P. O'Sullivan, and P. Kent. 2020. "Physiotherapists' perceptions of learning and implementing a biopsychosocial intervention to treat musculoskeletal pain conditions: A systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative studies." Pain 161 (6): 1150-1168.
• Klem, N. -. R., P. Kent, A. Smith, M. Dowsey, R. Fary, R. Schutze, P. O'Sullivan, P. Choong, and S. Bunzli. 2020. "Satisfaction after total knee replacement for osteoarthritis is usually high, but what are we measuring? A systematic review." Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open 2 (1)

2019

Journal Articles (Research)

• Rodgers, S. H., R. Schütze, N. Gasson, R. A. Anderson, R. T. Kane, S. Starkstein, K. Morgan-Lowes, and S. J. Egan. 2019. "Modified Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depressive Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Trial." Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 47 (4): 446-461.
• Kent, P., P. O'Sullivan, A. Smith, T. Haines, A. Campbell, A. H. McGregor, J. Hartvigsen, K. O'Sullivan, A. Vickery, J. P. Caneiro, and 4 more contributors. 2019. "RESTORE-Cognitive functional therapy with or without movement sensor biofeedback versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial." BMJ Open 9 (8)
• Schütze, R. M., C. S. Rees, A. J. Smith, H. Slater, M. Catley, and P. O'Sullivan. 2019. "Assessing beliefs underlying rumination about pain: Development and validation of the Pain Metacognitions Questionnaire." Frontiers in Psychology 10 (APR)

2018

Journal Articles (Research)

• Schütze, R., C. Rees, A. Smith, H. Slater, J. M. Campbell, and P. O'Sullivan. 2018. "How Can We Best Reduce Pain Catastrophizing in Adults With Chronic Noncancer Pain? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Journal Of Pain 19 (3): 233-256.
• Boni, M., R. Schütze, R. T. Kane, K. L. Morgan-Lowes, J. Byrne, and S. J. Egan. 2018. "Mindfulness and avoidance mediate the relationship between yoga practice and anxiety." Complementary Therapies in Medicine 40: 89-94.

2017

Journal Articles (Research)

• Bunzli, S., A. Smith, R. Schütze, I. Lin, and P. O'Sullivan. 2017. "Making sense of low back pain and pain-related fear." Journal Of Orthopaedic And Sports Physical Therapy 47 (9): 628-636.
• Schütze, R., C. Rees, H. Slater, A. Smith, and P. O'Sullivan. 2017. "‘I call it stinkin’ thinkin’’: A qualitative analysis of metacognition in people with chronic low back pain and elevated catastrophizing." British Journal Of Health Psychology 22 (3): 463-480.

2016

Book Chapters (Research)

• Bunzli, S., A. Smith, R. Schütze, and P. O'Sullivan. 2016. "The lived experience of pain-related fear in people with chronic low back pain." In Meanings of Pain van Rysewyk, S., 227-250 Switzerland: Springer

Journal Articles (Research)

• Slater, H., J. E. Jordan, J. Chua, R. Schutze, J. D. Wark, and A. M. Briggs. 2016. "Young people's experiences of persistent musculoskeletal pain, needs, gaps and perceptions about the role of digital technologies to support their co-care: A qualitative study." BMJ Open 6 (12)

2015

Journal Articles (Research)

• Bunzli, S., A. Smith, R. Watkins, R. Schütze, and P. O'Sullivan. 2015. "What Do People Who Score Highly on the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia Really Believe? A Mixed Methods Investigation in People With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain." Clinical Journal of Pain 31 (7): 621-632.
• Bunzli, S., A. Smith, R. Schutze, and P. O'Sullivan. 2015. "Beliefs underlying pain-related fear and how they evolve: a qualitative investigation in people with chronic back pain and high pain-related fear.." BMJ Open 5 (10): e008847-e008847.

2014

Journal Articles (Research)

• Schuetze, R., H. Slater, P. O'Sullivan, J. Thornton, A. Finlay-Jones, and C. S. Rees. 2014. "Mindfulness-Based Functional Therapy: a preliminary open trial of an integrated model of care for people with persistent low back pain." Frontiers in Psychology 5
• Byrne, J., Y. Hauck, C. Fisher, S. Bayes, and R. Schutze. 2014. "Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education Pilot Study on Maternal Self-Efficacy and Fear of Childbirth." Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health 59 (2): 192-197.

2013

Journal Articles (Research)

• Bunzli, S., R. Watkins, A. Smith, R. Schuetze, and P. O'Sullivan. 2013. "Lives on Hold A Qualitative Synthesis Exploring the Experience of Chronic Low-back Pain." The Clinical Journal of Pain 29 (10): 907-916.

2009

Journal Articles (Research)

• Schutze, R., C. Rees, M. Preece, and M. Schutze. 2009. "Low mindfulness predicts pain catastrophizing in a fear-avoidance model of chronic pain." Pain 148: 120-127.