Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection
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- All Subjects: Yoga
- Creators: Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business
Background and Purpose: Meditative movement has become a common non-clinical intervention to address physical and mental ailments. This has been demonstrated by the “2012 National Health Interview Survey, [which states that] the use of yoga, tai chi, and qi gong has been increasing for over a decade and has nearly doubled from 2002 to 2012” (Green, n.d.). This overarching category includes the following practices: Yoga, Tai Chi, and Qigong. However, further research needs to be done into what ingredients constitute meditative movement and relay powerful effects such as lowering anxiety, depression, and/or blood pressure etc. for practitioners of the exercise. This paper will detail how the Meditative Movement Component Identification Tool (MCCIT) was developed and how a preliminary test of the MMCIT resulted in four overall components. This tool will serve as an instrument to assess the fidelity of meditative movement studies in the future. Methods: The MCCIT categories were extracted and chosen from a literature review of current articles on qigong, tai chi, and yoga, and overall meditative movement. There was a focus on articles that outlined ingredients significant for the type of exercise. Then the twelve selected components were reviewed using videos that were small 3–5-minute digital nuggets of meditative movement. Results: In a components analysis of the MMCIT, three factors: mind and body fluidity (α=.656) , breath (α=.991), inner calm (α=.760), and one potential factor: movement perception (α=.351) arose. Mind and body fluidity, breath, and inner calm subscales show item reliability, but movement perception needs further investigation. Conclusion: Mind and body fluidity, breath, and inner calm subscales show strong potential for being part of a tool used to ensure there is delivery of a meditative movement in an intervention with it in the protocol. However, the movement perception subscale needs to be reworked. The presence of nature and energy in meditative movement need to be further explored in a study with more participants, as well.
This thesis project was conducted in accordance with the Founders Lab, a Barrett Honors Thesis program, hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship at the W.P. Carey School of Business. This paper focuses on the development of Invicta Synergy, a student-led start-up that seeks to provide holistic approaches in developing healthy lifestyle practices as a solution to growing sedentary lifestyles (i.e., sitting at work, school, gaming, etc.) and recently increasing isolation amongst young adult populations. Primary research from interviews conducted during the customer discovery phase showed that many people suffer from self-esteem issues, the lack of a positive support system, and/or inadequate resources which were noted as more of a barrier than even time or financial constraints when it comes to engaging in healthier lifestyle habits. As a solution, Invicta Synergy seeks to connect people to safe, affordable, and engaging classes hosted by experts in yoga, breath-work, and guided meditation. Regularly engaging in these practices has been shown to have a positive effect on one's resilience and may divert health problems associated with chronic stress. This paper outlines Invicta Synergy’s traction since January 2022, including details on fourteen paying clients, four official business partnerships, four successful program classes with high attendance, the packaging and delivering of fourteen individualized wellness gift boxes to purchasing clients, a full-page publication in Elevate Magazine, and $420 in sales revenue so far.
This thesis project was conducted in accordance with the Founders Lab, a Barrett Honors Thesis program, hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship at the W.P. Carey School of Business. This paper focuses on the development of Invicta Synergy, a student-led start-up that seeks to provide holistic approaches in developing healthy lifestyle practices as a solution to growing sedentary lifestyles (i.e., sitting at work, school, gaming, etc.) and recently increasing isolation amongst young adult populations. Primary research from interviews conducted during the customer discovery phase showed that many people suffer from self-esteem issues, the lack of a positive support system, and/or inadequate resources which were noted as more of a barrier than even time or financial constraints when it comes to engaging in healthier lifestyle habits. As a solution, Invicta Synergy seeks to connect people to safe, affordable, and engaging classes hosted by experts in yoga, breath-work, and guided meditation. Regularly engaging in these practices has been shown to have a positive effect on one's resilience and may divert health problems associated with chronic stress. This paper outlines Invicta Synergy’s traction since January 2022, including details on fourteen paying clients, four official business partnerships, four successful program classes with high attendance, the packaging and delivering of fourteen individualized wellness gift boxes to purchasing clients, a full-page publication in Elevate Magazine, and $420 in sales revenue so far.