Practice of Yoga and Mind-Body Relationship

• Published in: Research Journal of JAPEW Vol. 36; pp. 31 - 46
• Main Author: ITO, Maki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan Association of Physical Education for Women 2020; 公益社団法人 日本女子体育連盟
• Subjects: Mind and Body; Yoga; Yoga Sutra; ヨーガ; ヨーガ・スートラ; 心と身体
• ISSN: 1882-0980; 2185-3401
• DOI: 10.11206/japew.36.31

This study verifies the effect of yoga classes on 66 female university students by text mining methods.The aim of the class was to integrate the states of mind and body. The content was practicing yoga asana and studying “Yoga Sutra”. Subjects of instruction were to understand relationship of mind and body. And students answered three questions (①“What do you think about your mind?”, ②“What do you think about your body?”, ③“What do you think about relationship of mind and body?”) four times. Transition of their comment was verified by KH Coder.As a result, there was no significant improvement in the stress and disorder of the students. However, analyzing detailed comments verified that self-affirmation of the students increased. In addition, the willingness to improve their malfunctions increased. It was also found that deep breathing is a major factor that makes students feel the connection between mind and body.