Roxanne Rashedi, Graduate Student, University of California, Davis
This poster draws from a randomized delayed treatment control study, which examined an 8-week yoga intervention (48 yoga videos to which students practiced during classroom instruction over the course of the 8 weeks) on self-regulation among five to six-year-olds. The study combined quantitative assessments of teacher reports and direct assessments of behavior, in addition to video data of children practicing yoga and perspectival data (student interviews and teacher focus groups). This poster discusses the preliminary quantitative and qualitative findings and highlights teachers’ perceptions of the following: (a) enjoyable and beneficial aspects of the yoga practices and (b) feasibility of integrating yoga into classroom instruction. Impact of yoga on self-regulation (as indexed by several direct assessments of behavior) will also be discussed. Most importantly, qualitative findings will contribute to developing a conceptual framework of feasible age appropriate yoga practices for children in school settings.
