2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101262
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Yoga not a (physical) culture for men? Understanding the barriers for yoga participation among men

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
3
2

Citation Types

1
18
0

Year Published

2021
2021
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
8

Relationship

2
6

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 33 publications
(19 citation statements)
references
References 101 publications
1
18
0
Order By: Relevance
“…Demographically, patients with a documented yoga practice in the EHR are similar to those who reported using yoga in a recent National Center for Health Statistics survey, namely they are young and middle-aged, non-Hispanic, white, women [ 12 ]. Barriers to broadening this population include, cultural influences, community sentiment, and unfavorable preconceptions of yoga [ 26 , 27 ]. General barriers to adopting and maintaining a yoga practice, include, time commitment, location, and cost [ 28 30 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Demographically, patients with a documented yoga practice in the EHR are similar to those who reported using yoga in a recent National Center for Health Statistics survey, namely they are young and middle-aged, non-Hispanic, white, women [ 12 ]. Barriers to broadening this population include, cultural influences, community sentiment, and unfavorable preconceptions of yoga [ 26 , 27 ]. General barriers to adopting and maintaining a yoga practice, include, time commitment, location, and cost [ 28 30 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It makes intuitive sense that targeted sessions will speak more to target groups. Men-only Yoga classes might entice more men into doing Yoga, although the receptivity to this may vary [ 55 ]. However, specific advertising within the target group circles would be needed to make the target population aware of classes and potential benefits.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A study in Germany [ 30 ], for example, found that female participants were more likely to cite spirituality as a reason for participation. Furthermore, findings from a qualitative study involving non-yoga practicing men suggest that men are likely to be less interested in yoga but that they may acknowledge its potential benefits and might be open to taking it up as a supplement to an existing training program [ 31 ]. However, not all men share the same needs and interests [ 32 , 33 ], and this may include views on yoga.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies on health and physical activity promotion among men, however, have predominantly centered on sports to capitalize on these traditional masculine ideals [ 32 ]. Yoga is thus less commonly considered as an appropriate activity for men [ 31 ]. It has been argued that men have diverse interests and do not conform to masculine norms in similar ways [ 38 , 44 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
See 1 more Smart Citation