Body Awareness and Yoga Training
Perceptual and Motor Skills December 1, 1994 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1994.79.3.1103 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractPeople who practice hatha yoga have a greater awareness of normal, nonemotive bodily processes than those who do not. A group of 17 yoga practitioners scored higher on the Body Awareness Questionnaire than a control group of 19 non-practitioners, indicating that yoga training is associated with enhanced body awareness.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Observational cohort Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 36 |
| Population | Yoga-trained group and a control group |
| Intervention | Hatha yoga |
| Keywords | Hatha yoga Psychology Physical therapy Medicine |
| Citations | 88 |
| Key finding | The yoga-trained group had significantly better body awareness than the control group. |
Abstract
This study was done to investigate whether the practice of hatha yoga enhances the awareness of the normal, nonemotive bodily processes. A yoga-trained group of 17 and a control group of 19 were administered the Body Awareness Questionnaire. Analysis showed that the yoga-trained group had a significantly better body awareness than the control group.