A Group-Based Therapeutic Yoga Intervention for Urinary Incontinence in Ambulatory Older Women

Inclusion Criteria: * Women aged 45 years or older who report urinary incontinence starting at least 3 months prior to screening * Self-report an average of at least one incontinence episode per day on a validated voiding diary * Self-report urgency-predominant (i.e., at least half of incontinence episodes being urgency-type), stress-predominant (i.e., at least half of episodes being stress-type), or mixed-type (i.e., an equal number of stress- and urgency-type episodes) incontinence on the screening voiding diary * Willing to refrain from initiating medical treatments that may affect their incontinence or voiding pattern during the study intervention period Exclusion Criteria: * Current participation in organized yoga classes or workshops, or any prior organized yoga training directed specifically at improving incontinence * Current participation in organized physical conditioning classes involving muscle strengthening exercises (e.g., Pilates) * Current urinary tract infection or hematuria detected by urinalysis at screening visit (women can re-present after evaluation and treatment through their usual care) * Currently pregnant (by self-report or screening urine pregnancy test), gave birth within the past 3 months, or planning pregnancy during the study period * Report use of medical devices (i.e. pessary) for incontinence within the past month (participants may stop use of device and re-present for study) * Report use of bladder botox, electrostimulation, formal bladde…