The movement transformation process of menopausal women after Kinesthetic-Classic-Neo experiential learning

<p>Purpose</p><p>The purpose of this study was to clarify the movement transformation process of menopausal women after Kinesthetic-Classic-Neo experiential learning and to examine the significance of Kinesthetic-Classic-Neo experiential learning and related issues in supporting the health of menopausal women.</p><p>Participants and Methods</p><p>A Kinesthetic-Classic-Neo experiential learning session was held for 14 menopausal women who had no prior kinesthetics experience. Interviews were conducted immediately after the session as well as one week and one month after the session in order to investigate what they felt and noticed during the session, the practicality of the experiential learning content and so on. The Steps for Coding and Theorization (SCAT) method was used to analyze the data of 12 participants who talked about the changes in their movement within one month after the session.</p><p>Results</p><p>Through Kinesthetic-Classic-Neo experiential learning, the participants gained “awareness of the comfortable sensation from the experience of movement,” “awareness of the physical burden of habitual movements,” “awareness of avoiding physical risks by practicing self-care of movement,” and so on. They showed “a willingness to practice self-care through movement in accordance with their physical and mental condition” by “eliminating anxiety about changes due to aging” and “anticipating the effects of practicing comfortable movements.” At one week after the experiential learning session, all the participants were practicing something they had learned in the session. At one month after the session, half of the participants were continuing to practice movements “to improve their good posture” and that “placed less burden on their body.” However, the frequency at which the other half practiced movements decreased for reasons such as “the feeling of forgetting more of what they had learned as time passed” and “the difficulty in changing habitual movements.”</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>After the Kinesthetic-Classic-Neo experiential learning session, the participants were more aware of the sensation of “movement” and practiced self-care of movement temporarily or continuously. The results suggest that learning self-care of movement may improve quality of life after menopause. To support the health of menopausal women, it is necessary to create opportunities for them to continue experiential learning.</p>