Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:37:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carine Mendonca de Farias.pdf: 555263 bytes, checksum: 194620603743b44f92a8e830bee9c49c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-11-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The aim of this research was to investigate the lifestyle constitutive elements of Yoga practioners and students who live in brazilian capitals. Looking forward to explore if there is some influence of this philosophy teachings in their daily lives and also investigate how do they perceive their quality or life. The lifestyle concept adopted in this research comes from the Enviromental Psychology, area of the Psychology that studies the relation between people and fisical environment, natural or built (Bassani, 2004). It refers to the set of values, habits and actions on people daily lives. Yoga is understood as a complex philosophical-religious system, that contain a set of belives and values, whose purpose is to guide the practioners actitudes and behaviors. Participants were four people, two of them, male and two, female, who live in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo e Aracaju. For data colection, it was used two instruments: (1) an open questionnaire with six questions about their routine, values and the Yoga teachings influence in their lives and (2) the Quality of Life Self-Evaluation Instrument (Bassani, Corrêa e Eisenstadt, 2002) that allowed the participants to think and rate ten different aspects of their lives acording to their satisfaction level. By analysing both instruments data, we observed some habits and values shared by them, for exemple, to practice Yoga and meditation daily and to worry about environment. It was possible to identify four principal elements in the participans lifestyle constitution: (1) self-care (practice of physical activity and a appropriate feed); (2) respect on the relations (they value harmony and peace); (3) longing for personal improvement (philosophy studies, self knoledge and practice of spirituality) and (4) actions based on sustaintability (pro environment behavior). All of those elements are related on Yoga s teachings. We observed that the practice and study of this philosophy can influence the way of thinking, and as consequence, people values and way of act, resulting in the built of healthable lifestyles and positive reflects on their quality of life self evaluation / A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar os elementos constitutivos do estilo de vida de praticantes e estudiosos de Yoga residentes em capitais brasileiras. Visando explorar também se há ou não a inserção dos ensinamentos desta filosofia no seu dia-a-dia e como elas percebem sua qualidade de vida. O conceito de estilo de vida adotado provém da Psicologia Ambiental, área que estuda as inter-relações pessoa-ambiente físico, natural ou construído (Bassani, 2004) e se refere ao conjunto de valores, hábitos e ações que se fazem presentes no dia-a-dia das pessoas. O Yoga é concebido como complexo sistema filosófico-religioso que aponta para um conjunto de crenças e valores, cuja finalidade é nortear as atitudes e condutas de seus estudiosos e praticantes. A pesquisa foi realizada com dois participantes do sexo masculino e dois do sexo feminino, moradores das cidades do Rio de Janeiro, Aracaju e São Paulo. Para coleta dos dados, foram utilizados um questionário aberto com seis perguntas abordando temas como rotina, valores e influência do Yoga em suas vidas e o Instrumento de Auto-Avaliação de Qualidade de Vida (Bassani, Corrêa e Eisenstadt, 2002) que permitiu aos sujeitos refletirem e pontuarem, de acordo com seu grau de satisfação, dez âmbitos de suas vidas. A partir da análise conjunta dos dados obtidos nos dois instrumentos, foram observados, entre os participantes, diversos hábitos e valores em comum como, por exemplo, praticar diariamente Yoga e meditação e preocupar-se com o meio ambiente. Foi possível identificar a presença de quatro elementos principais na constituição do estilo de vida dessas pessoas: (1) auto-cuidado (prática de atividade física e alimentação adequada); (2) respeito nas relações (valorizam harmonia e paz); (3) busca por aprimoramento pessoal (estudo da filosofia, auto-conhecimento e prática da espiritualidade) e (4) sustentabilidade nas ações (condutas próambientais). Todos estes elementos se relacionam com ensinamentos presentes nos milenares textos do Yoga. Observou-se, portanto, que a dedicação ao estudo e prática desta filosofia pode influenciar o modo de pensar e, consequentemente, os valores e o modo de agir das pessoas, resultando na construção de estilos de vida saudáveis e refletindo positivamente na auto-percepção da qualidade de vida

The meaning of a first impression is a thesis that aims to create a design for a hotel lobby, which can accommodate the needs of both the guests and the personnel in the best way possible. This study is based at the Scandic Park hotel in central Stockholm, were the lobby today appears to lack function. The desired effect of the design is to make the lobby area more enjoyable for the guest, and at the same time improve the flow of people through it. A detailed and thorough study of the lobby over different times and with different techniques suggests that the lobby is not a place where the guest wants to spend more time than necessary, it’s main function today appears to be as a transit hallway from the entrance of the hotel to the hotel rooms. The results of this study are used to create a design for an improved environment that not only welcomes the guest but that also shows them the identity that the Scandic Park’s management wishes to communicate. The creation and development of this design is also based on a study of relevant literature that includes, among others, theories of Spatial Design, Environmental Psychology, Servicescapes and Cognitive Psychology. The empirical data and the theories have helped me to create a design proposal that I believe conveys what Scandic Park stands for, while at the same time helping the guest to perceive and utilize an increased functionality in the lobby area. Hopefully this design will better accommodate the needs and wants that appear to be missing today, and at the same time promote the accessibility and the flow through the lobby.