Effects of yoga practice as mindfulness training on mind wandering and psychological state

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  • Suzuki Hiroko
    Department of Physical Therapy, Okayama Institute for Medical and Technical Science
  • Hayashi Satoshi
    Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama Healthcare Professional University
  • Murakami Shinichiro
    Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Himeji-Dokkyo University
  • Nobori Hiroshi
    Department of Judo Therapy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Teikyo University of Science

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  • マインドフルネストレーニングとしてのヨガの実践がマインドワンダリング及び心理的側面に及ぼす影響について
  • マインドフルネストレーニング ト シテ ノ ヨガ ノ ジッセン ガ マインドワンダリング オヨビ シンリテキ ソクメン ニ オヨボス エイキョウ ニ ツイテ

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[Purpose] We looked into the effects of yoga practice as mindfulness training (MT) on mind wandering (MW) and emotion. [Subjects and Methods] Subjects were eight healthy female vocational school students. They practiced 30 minutes of yoga while anchoring attention to their breathing and bodily sensations, measuring and comparing their pulse rate, the number of MW during sitting meditation, and tense arousal (TA), before and after intervention． [Results] The decrease in the number of MW and TA score was significant after intervention as compared to before yoga practice (P＜0.05), and in relation to the rate of change before and after intervention, there was a strong positive correlation between the number of MW and TA score (r=0.77, P＜0.05)． [Conclusion] The study suggested that short-term yoga practice may cause improved attention control function, reduce MW, and lower negative feelings such as anxiety and tension.

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