Antalet stress-relaterade diagnoser ökar i samhället samtidigt som fler personer söker hjälp för stress-relaterade symptom inom primärvården. Primärvården erbjuder olika behandlingsformer för stress-relaterad problematik, bland annat kundaliniyoga. Syftet med studien var att utforska hur kundaliniyoga utövad i en avgiftsfri och öppen grupp inom primärvården påverkade deltagarna. Studien grundades på ett bekvämlighetsurval av 5 respondenter. Respondenterna definierade sig som kvinnor mellan 25 och 85 år och hade olika erfarenheter av depression, ångest, oro och annan stress-relaterad problematik. Data om respondenternas upplevelser samlades in via halvstrukturerade intervjuer och analyserades utifrån den tematiska analysmetoden the Constant Comparative Method. Respondenterna upplevde positiva fysiska, mentala, emotionella, interpersonella samt andliga effekter. Kundaliniyogan fyllde ett flertal avgörande funktioner i respondenternas liv och hade stor betydelse för deras fysiska och mentala välmående. Upplevelsen av att ha hittat rätt träningsmetod och sammanhang samt yttre omständigheter så som kundaliniyogalärare och avgiftsfrihet visade sig vara av stor betydelse för respondenternas upplevelser. Kundaliniyogan upplevdes vara effektiv vad gäller att reducera stress-relaterade symptom och upplevdes generera positiva effekter i flera områden av respondenternas liv. / The numbers of stress-related diagnoses in society are growing while an increased number of people with stress-related symptoms look for help within primary health care. The primary health care provides different treatments for stress-related problems, amongst others kundalini yoga. Hitherto no qualitative study has been made on how practitioners experience kundalini yoga, practised in a drop-in-class, free of charge within primary health care. The study is based on an convenience sample of 5 participants. The participants defined themselves as women aged 25-85 years having different experiences of depression, angst, anxiety and other stress-related symptoms. The participants' responses were collected by the use of semi-structured interviews and analysed using the Constant Comparative Method. The participants expressed positive physical, mental, emotional, interpersonal and spiritual effects. The kundalini yoga fulfilled several crucial purposes in the lives of the participants and was of great importance for their physical and mental well-being. The sense of finding the right context and practice as well as external circumstances such as the kundalini yoga teacher and the fact that the yoga was free of charge played an important role in how the participants experienced the kundalini yoga. The participants perceived kundalini yoga as effective in reducing stress-related symptoms and in generating positive effects in a variety of areas of life.

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Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-11-22T21:39:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MorganaMenezesNovaes_TESE.pdf: 3404460 bytes, checksum: e41e953d2b132254d0aebf805cdcb0ae (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-11-24T23:44:29Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MorganaMenezesNovaes_TESE.pdf: 3404460 bytes, checksum: e41e953d2b132254d0aebf805cdcb0ae (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-24T23:44:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MorganaMenezesNovaes_TESE.pdf: 3404460 bytes, checksum: e41e953d2b132254d0aebf805cdcb0ae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-25 / A sistematiza??o do yoga por Pata?jali divide o yoga em 8 conjuntos de pr?ticas, dentre elas os asanas, a medita??o e as pr?ticas respirat?rias, conhecidas como pranayama. Estudo recen-tes tem sugerido que a pr?tica de pranayama est? associada a efeitos positivos sobre quadros de estresse e ansiedade. Esta tese tem por objetivo avaliar o impacto da pr?tica do Bhastrika Pranayama sobre marcadores de ansiedade, afeto, discurso e imagem funcional por resson?n-cia magn?tica (fMRI, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) usando desenho controlado, randomizado de bra?os paralelos. Trinta adultos jovens saud?veis, e sem experi?ncia com o yoga, foram recrutados e avaliados por meio do invent?rio de ansiedade tra?o-estado (IDA-TE), da escala de afeto positivo e negativo (PANAS), da an?lise do discurso e da fMRI (tarefa de regula??o emocional, e resting state), antes e ap?s 4 semanas de pr?tica do Bhastrika Pra-nayama ou de atividades controle. Ap?s o treinamento observamos redu??o dos n?veis de an-siedade e de afeto negativo, e intera??o significativa no sinal da ?nsula anterior bilateral e c?n-gulo anterior direito. A an?lise de correla??o mostrou que ap?s a pr?tica do pranayama, os indiv?duos com maiores aumentos da atividade da am?gdala, e ?nsula bilateral foram os que menos reduziram o afeto negativo. Os dados de rs-fMRI revelaram redu??o significativa de conectividade funcional do c?rtex pr?-frontal ventrolateral (vlPFC) ? direita com c?rtex pr?-frontal dorsolateral (dlPFC) ? direita ap?s o treinamento. Correla??o entre dados de rs-fMRI e escala PANAS mostrou que entre os indiv?duos que fizeram o pranayama, os que mais reduzi-ram a conectividade entre ?nsula anterior ? direita com vlPFC bilateral foram os que mais re-duziram o afeto negativo. An?lise do discurso mostrou redu??o significativa na rela??o se-m?ntica entre os textos transcritos e a palavra ansiedade. N?o foram encontradas diferen?as nas estruturas do discurso. De forma geral, nossos resultados sugerem que a pr?tica do Bhas-trika Pranayama leva a mudan?as significativas de ansiedade e de afeto, que se mostraram acompanhadas por mudan?as na atividade e conectividade de estruturas cerebrais que partici-pam de processos de regula??o emocional. / The systematization of Yoga presented in the Yoga Sutras of Pata?jali, written around 400 CE, proposes an eight limb yoga system, also known as Ashtanga Yoga (ashta=eight, anga=limb), consisting of eight set of practices. Among them, the breathing practices, known as Pranayama, has been associated with positive effects on stress and anxiety. This thesis explores the impact of Bhastrika Pranayama training on markers of anxiety, affect, speech, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) using a randomized controlled trial of two parallel arms. Thirty young healthy adults, na?ve to Yoga practices, were recruited and evalu-ated by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Speech Analysis and fMRI (emotional regulation task, and resting state-fMRI), before and after 4 weeks of training Bhastrika Pranayama or control activities. Results after bhastrika pranayama suggest reduction in both anxiety and negative affect, increased activity in bilateral anterior insula and right anterior cingulate cortex. Correlation analysis between fMRI signal during the emotional regulation protocol and PANAS scale showed that among individuals in pranayama group, individuals who most increased the activity in amygdala, right and left insula were those that less decreased negative affect. rs-fMRI results suggest decreased functional connectivity in the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC) with right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) after pranayama. Correlation between rs-fMRI data and PANAS scale showed that among individuals in pranayama group, those who most decreased the connectivity between right anterior insula with right and left vlPFC were the individuals that most decreased negative affect. Speech analysis showed reduction in semantic properties when the word ?anxiety? was used as seed. No significant difference was found in speech structures after pranayama. In general, our results suggest that the practice of Bhastrika Pranayama leads to changes in anxiety and affect, which was accompanied by changes in the activity and connectivity of brain structures that participate in processes of emotional regulation.

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There is a growing amount of research evaluating behavioral approaches for skill acquisition in sports. Few of these studies have focused on yoga and skill acquisition. There is a need for a low effort yet effective way to teach yoga postures to individuals who do not take private yoga classes and may practice at home. This study evaluated the effects of using a picture-based task analysis and self-evaluation on the skill acquisition of yoga postures. A multiple baseline across yoga postures was used. During the task analyses intervention, the participants received a task analysis, performed the posture, and scored the task analysis upon the completion of the posture. Results showed that the task-analysis and self-evaluation increased the accuracy of all the poses.

Title: Pedagogy of yoga due to population heath and targeted to extension positions and their effectivness to physiotherapy Objectives: The aim of the thesis is to clarify and collect sufficient information in the theoretical part about the anatomical, kinesiological and biomechanical aspects of the bending positions. After that, I will try to elaborate the theoretical background of yoga, its history, philosophy and a detailed description of selected bending positions (Usthrasana, Bhudjangasana, Urdhva mukha shvanasana), which are based on yoga. Grounded on the research questions in the practical part, I will assess whether there are discrepancies between the theoretical basis of the positions and the way they are taught in the classes today. I will evaluate how are the lessons currently taught in open yoga classes, whether they include those positions or not. I will also point out the use of compensatory aids and the degree education plays in this field. An integral piece of the practical part will be a summary of whether yoga classes take into an account the health of the clients. Methods: This is the theoretical-empirical character of the work. The research method is the observation and form of interview with yoga instructors on publicly accessible yoga lessons. Results: It has been confirmed...

The diploma thesis deals with the effect of breathing and relaxation exercises on the mental health of adolescents in educational institutions as there is a lack of such free time activities. There were 9 participants from the Children's home Žíchovec in the age 1115 years in this research. They took part in a 12-week intervention program called "I breathe therefore I am", that was set according to the specifics of adolescence. The effect of breathing exercises to the human body and mind was monitored by the Biofeedback Shulfried 2000x-pert device, the Profile Of Mood States questionnaire and the "Unfinished Sentences" method. The acquired data were analyzed and statistically validated. The results confirmed positive effect of breathing exercises on reducing the affective states, deepening abdominal breathing and decreasing the pulse frequency. The intervention program was reccomanded as a part of the free time activities of adolescents in educational institutions.

The aim of this work was to attest an interventional programme for integration of mentally affected people. I was testing this programme once a week for 5 months in the Special school in Prachatice. In the experimental group there were 10 persons between 10 and 17 years of age. Using the standardized tests I tried to find out whether the persons would improve their abilities in the chosen criteria of motoric competence and social accommodation. Children were tested before and after application of the interventional programme. The control group with persons from the Special school in Prachatice was used for comparison. In this group there were 10 children 10 {--} 18 years of age. Statistical analysis was used for data evaluation.

In my thesis I have dealt with the overweight and obesity and its reduction by using interventional program lasting 12 weeks. The whole research was a part of a three-year research project called {\clqq}Positive Effects of Self-Control and Self-Esteem Development on Overweight control through Intervention of Yoga training`` and this project was supported by a grant from the Czech Grant Agency GACR No 406/05/2431 aimed at gender, age and overweight reduction, where four hundred volunteers took part. In my researching project 30 elderly men suffering from overweight and obesity of the first degree participated. I have used the interventional active plan with 15 elderly people in the experimental group from February 2008 till May 2008. The program of my diploma work focused not only on measuring the degree of overweight and obesity by using the values of BMI, BIA, and by measuring the amount of subcutaneous fat with a caliper, but also on identifying the role of Self-concept and Self-esteem and consequently on the positive influence of that on their mental and social parameters during the process of decreasing the current body weight by using yoga training and keeping healthy lifestyle. On concluding of the interventional active plan the gained results were evaluated by the use of statistic methods, which are included in the publication from doc. Krejčí, Factors of self-control and self-esteem in overweight reduction. The results proved that through doing yoga training regularly, at least 30 minutes a day, along with keeping healthy diet and practicing relaxation techniques, we managed decrease overweight and obesity of the first degree, maintained the weight and improved the mental state.

The goal of this project was to test intervention program of locomotion for mentally affected children. Testing took place in a Special Care Institute in Blatná. Children were taught easy locomocy games and practiced psychomotor and yoga exercises. The control group consisted of 10 children and the experimental group consisted of 13 children. The experimental group actively participated in the experiment. Standardized locomocy tests were used to evaluate the effect of the program on the children. Both groups were measured at the beginning and at the end of the task. Gained numerical values were statistically evaluated. The evaluation showed improvement for the experimental group.