1. IntroductionDepressionistheleadingcauseofdisabilityworldwide,accordingto the World Health Organization and affects more than 300 million people per year globally.1 Depression is a chronic and recurring disorder associated with a host of negative outcomes and significant morbidity.2 A number of evidence-based treatments exist for depression, most commonly a combination of psychotherapy and pharmacological treatments.3 However, current treatments remain unsatisfactory, as a significant proportion of individuals who receive treatment for depression do not achieve full remission and continue to experience persistent depressive symptoms and/or recurrent episodes over time.3–5 Only approximately one-third of depressed clients respond (defined as greater than a 50% reduction in depressivesymptoms) to their initial trial of an antidepressant medication,6 and remission rates (i.e., a reduction of symptoms to pre-morbid levels of functioning) for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the standard-ofcare psychological intervention for depression, are no better than those of antidepressants.7 These findings speak to a need for new approaches for treating depression. In recent years, there has been growing interest in evaluating the efficacy of mind-body practices to treat a range of psychiatric disorders and symptoms.3 The general population has also demonstrated increased use of these interventions, with 34% of adults in 2012 in the United States (US) reporting using alternative and complementary health approaches.8 Yoga has beengrowing inpopularity in the US over the past decade, with a 2016 lifetime use prevalence rate of 13.2%.8,9 Similar trends of increasing yoga use have been reported