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- Research suggests that providing yoga within the school curriculum may be an effective way to help students develop self-regulation, mind-body awareness and physical fitness, which may, in turn, foster additional SEL competencies and positive student outcomes such as improved behaviours, mental state, health and performance.
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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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Although most of the studies were classified as 2b, according to AHRQ evidence level criteria, which means low quality randomized control trials, this review suggests beneficial effects of yoga-based interventions at school on both psychological and cognitive functions.
Jun 8, 2022 · It is therefore critical to look specifically at school-based interventions to understand if yoga as part of the school day is feasible and effective. However, to the authors’ knowledge, only two reviews [17,19] have examined yoga interventions explicitly in the school setting.
- 10.3390/children9060849
- 2022/06
- Children (Basel). 2022 Jun; 9(6): 849.
Mar 21, 2016 · This paper is the first to describe a theoretical model specifically focused on school-based yoga interventions, as well as a discussion of the similarities and differences between school-based yoga, SEL and meditation.
- Bethany Butzer, Denise Bury, Shirley Telles, Sat Bir S. Khalsa
- 2016
Students experienced a reduction in stress and anxiety levels after completing a six-week yoga and meditation program preceding final examinations. Results suggest that adopting a mindfulness practice for as little as once per week may reduce stress and anxiety in college students.
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 …
Jul 8, 2020 · The findings from both studies indicated that yoga and mindfulness interventions for youth can be feasibly implemented and reliably measured within school settings, although there were some limitations in measuring both the content and process of such interventions.
