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- Many studies show that yoga/mindfulness interventions are generally accepted by students and parents in the school community. These studies showed signs of a positive impact, whether that was with stress resiliency, cognitive performance, or mood.
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The evidence reviewed in this paper suggests that school-based yoga interventions show promise for enhancing students’ self-regulation, mind-body awareness and physical fitness, which may have downstream effects on improving positive behaviours, mental state, health and performance (see Figure 1).
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Jun 8, 2022 · Yoga is used widely as a therapeutic tool for physical and mental well-being. The mind-body activity could be an inclusive and cost-effective intervention used within schools to help tackle the mental health crisis in youth populations. To date, research has focused on mainly neurotypical youth populations.
- 10.3390/children9060849
- 2022/06
- Children (Basel). 2022 Jun; 9(6): 849.
Mar 21, 2016 · The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesise research evidence and propose a theoretical model suggesting that school-based yoga programs may be an effective way to promote social-emotional learning (SEL) and positive student outcomes.
- Bethany Butzer, Denise Bury, Shirley Telles, Sat Bir S. Khalsa
- 2016
Yoga may enhance social-emotional resiliency among youth. However, research replicating such results in school-settings is limited. This research details an investigation of the effects of the Kripalu Yoga in the Schools (KYIS) intervention integrated into a physical education class among a racially/ethnically diverse student population.
- Joshua C Felver, Rachel Razza, Melissa L Morton, Adam J Clawson, Rebecca Shaffer Mannion
- 2020
Research on the efficacy of yoga for improving mental, emotional, physical, and behavioral health characteristics in school settings is a recent but growing field of inquiry. This systematic review of research on school-based yoga interventions published in peer-reviewed journals offers a bibliometr …
- Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Bethany Butzer
- 2016
Oct 10, 2023 · According to the findings, adding yoga into educational settings can improve concentration, reduce stress, raise self-awareness, and improve overall academic achievement.
Oct 27, 2022 · This review has highlighted the positive effects of school-based yoga interventions on children’s mental health. However, future research needs to be standardised, incorporate participants' wishes, and consider the views of parents and teachers, for example, the type of yoga suitable for children.
