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Participants: 29 children between the ages of three and five years that are currently attending the Mary Lou Fulton Teacher’s College Preschool.
Methods: Children participated in eight ~15-20-minute yoga sessions consisting of an opening circle, breathing, mindful movement, and a closing circle with relaxation time. Parents completed weekly homework assignments and surveys about the homework. Parents and teachers both completed daily behavior logs to track their child’s number of outbursts, mention of yoga, and use of yoga. Additionally, parents completed a post-intervention survey to determine overall satisfaction.
Results: The Preschool Behavior Questionnaire paired t-test results did not demonstrate any significant differences in pre-intervention (M=13.00, SD±7.55) and post-intervention (M=11.95, SD±6.92) scores, t(17)=0.94, p=0.36. There were no visible correlations between outbursts and use of yoga as reported by parents, but the use of yoga increased with the number of outbursts as reported by parents. Overall, parents felt the sessions had a positive effect on their child’s behavior and felt their children enjoyed the sessions.
Conclusion: Implementing classroom-based yoga programs could be an acceptable, realistic option to manage and prevent negative behaviors in preschool children.
Methods: Using PubMed, Medline, and CINAHL the search terms adolescents, depression, and yoga were searched for related articles. Articles were then excluded or included based on certain criteria. Focus was placed on articles written within the last 10 years as well as studies done on children within 10-19 years of age. Final articles underwent extraction for relevant information and comparisons were drawn between the studies.
Results: Final exclusion lead to a total of 5 suitable studies. Studies varied in styles of yoga performed and measurement scales used to assess depression. Populations of adolescents varied significantly as well. The majority of these studies showed significant improvement in depression symptoms when measuring from pre to post intervention. Similar improvements were also noted in anxiety symptoms and low self-esteem.
Conclusion: Data gathered indicated that yoga serves a suitable intervention for decreasing depression symptoms in adolescents. Additionally, there seems to be promising results regarding the viability of yoga as an intervention for decreasing symptoms of anxiety and increasing self-esteem. Despite, current promising results, there is need for more research to affirm the findings found in these articles to determine the long term effects of yoga interventions.
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.
Methods: 9 female college students (age 18-24) were assigned to two yoga sessions, Vinyasa Flow and Meditative yoga. Each participant attended one session of each type of yoga, where their cardiovascular responses were measured both pre and post yoga session. Heart rate, Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE), and blood pressure were all measured.
Results: Meditative yoga showed a significant difference in the acute response of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and RPE. Vinyasa Flow yoga showed a significant difference the acute response of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and RPE. Heart rate was significantly different when comparing measurements before each yoga session. Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and RPE were all significantly different when comparing acute measurements after each respective session. Significance was set to p < 0.05.
Conclusions: Overall, the hypothesis was supported that there was a difference in cardiovascular measurements. Meditative yoga was better at significantly decreasing blood pressure acutely, whereas Vinyasa Flow yoga increased blood pressure acutely. This suggests that Meditative yoga could be suggested over Vinyasa Flow yoga for certain individuals with hypertension. Differences between the yoga practices were found and the cardiovascular effects of different yoga practices can be better understood due to this research.