Pranayama Meditation (Yoga Breathing) for Stress Relief: Is it Beneficial for Teachers?

Hepburn, Stevie‐Jae; McMahon, Mary

doi:10.14221/ajte.2017v42n9.9

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“…Breathing techniques were reported as being both enjoyable and having the most notable impact on stress reduction and inducing a calmer state. Indeed, yogic breathing techniques have been found to show promising potential in managing stress [99][100][101][102]. Research has demonstrated that yoga breathing can modulate autonomic nervous system (ANS) function, stress responses, cardiac vagal tone, heart rate variability (HRV), central nervous system excitation, vigilance, attention, chemoreflex and baroreflex sensitivity, and neuroendocrine functions [103].…”

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Feasibility and outcome of an online streamed yoga intervention on stress and wellbeing of people working from home during COVID-19

Wadhen

Cartwright

2021

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BACKGROUND: The outbreak of COVID-19 and its associated measures has resulted in a sizeable working population transitioning to working from home (WFH), bringing additional challenges, and increasing work-related stress. Research has indicated that yoga has promising potential in reducing stress in the workplace. However, there are very few studies exploring the impact of online streamed yoga on stress management for people-WFH. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility and outcome of an online streamed yoga intervention on stress and wellbeing of people-WFH during COVID-19. METHODS: A six-week pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) yoga intervention was designed with yoga (n = 26) and a wait-list control group (n = 26). A mixed two-way ANOVA was used to assess changes in standardised outcome measures at baseline and post-intervention. Likert and open-ended questions assessed enjoyment, acceptability and perceived benefits of the program, which were analysed thematically. RESULTS: Compared with the control, the yoga group reported significant improvements in perceived stress, mental wellbeing, depression and coping self-efficacy, but not stress and anxiety. Participants experienced physical and mental health benefits and reported high acceptability and enjoyment of the intervention. CONCLUSIONS: An online yoga intervention can help people WFH manage stress and enhance wellbeing and coping abilities.

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Feasibility and outcome of an online streamed yoga intervention on stress and wellbeing of people working from home during COVID-19

Wadhen

Cartwright

2021

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“…Consequently, literatures regarding yogi satisfaction can unfold only from yoga practitioner perspectives instead of through a yoga consumer lens. Yoga practitioners' satisfaction results from improved physical and mental health [62], body image promotion [63], enhanced sexual function [64], and consequent better quality of personal and professional life [65][66][67]. Moreover, Hoyez [68] investigated the effect of therapeutic landscape on yogi satisfaction, which is mediated by sense of holiness, emotional qualities, intimate feelings, health, and wellbeing.…”

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Leisure Motivation and Satisfaction: A Text Mining of Yoga Centres, Yoga Consumers, and Their Interactions

Jia

2018

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Understanding the motivation and satisfaction of yoga consumers is of critical importance for both leisure service providers and leisure researchers to enhance the sustainability of personal lives in terms of physical wellness and mental happiness. For this purpose, this study investigated 25,120 pairs of online ratings and reviews from 100 yoga centres in Shanghai, China using latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA)-based text mining, and successfully established the relationship between rating and review. Findings suggest that Chinese yogis are motivated by improving physical condition, improving psychological condition, gracing appearance, establishing social connection, and creating social isolation. In addition to teaching mainstream yoga, yoga centres also provide additional courses. From a consumer perspective, yogis are relatively satisfied with teachers, courses, and the environment, but complain about the supporting staff, membership price, and reservation service. Managerially, yoga centres are encouraged to continue attending to the motivations of yogis, specialising their guidance, and fostering strengths and circumventing weaknesses in their service. This study also contributes by verifying, elaborating on, and tentatively extending the framework of the Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale (PALMS).

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“…Despite the numerous scientific studies conducted in this area [31][32][33][34][35], burnout syndrome among teachers and its relationship to exercise still show many elements that are worthy objects of investigation [36,37]. Most studies in the past have recognized the importance of tackling the problem of stressful conditions and burnout and have discussed various ways by which yoga can address these issues [38][39][40][41][42][43]; until today, however, not much has been done to experimentally examine the potentialities of yoga on the teaching profession [44,45]. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to fill this gap.…”

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Effects of an 8-Week Yoga-Based Physical Exercise Intervention on Teachers’ Burnout

2021

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The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to investigate the efficacy of an 8-week yoga-based physical exercise program to improve mental and emotional well-being and consequently reduce burnout among teachers. We considered yoga because it is a discipline that enhances body awareness and encourages the contact with nature and the respect for every form of life, with a view to a more sustainable and greener global system. We recruited 40 professional educators (40–47 years), teachers in a public high school who reported perceiving signs of stress and emotional discomfort. We randomly assigned the 40 professional educators to either an experimental yoga practice (~60 min, twice a week) group (n = 20) or a control group (n = 20) that received a nonspecific training program (~60 min, twice a week). At baseline and after training we administered the Maslach Burnout Inventory: Educators Survey (MBI-ES) and the State Mindfulness Scale (SMS) to assess teachers' perceived level of awareness and professional burnout. We found a significant Time x Group interaction for the MBI-ES and SMS, reflecting a meaningful experimental group improvement (p < 0.001). No significant pre–post changes were found in the control group. The results suggest that an 8-week yoga practice could aid teachers to achieve a greater body and emotional awareness and prevent professional burnout.

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Pranayama Meditation (Yoga Breathing) for Stress Relief: Is it Beneficial for Teachers?

Cited by 17 publications

References 39 publications

Feasibility and outcome of an online streamed yoga intervention on stress and wellbeing of people working from home during COVID-19

Feasibility and outcome of an online streamed yoga intervention on stress and wellbeing of people working from home during COVID-19

Leisure Motivation and Satisfaction: A Text Mining of Yoga Centres, Yoga Consumers, and Their Interactions

Effects of an 8-Week Yoga-Based Physical Exercise Intervention on Teachers’ Burnout

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