Peacebuilding Through Yoga? Qualitative Assessment of a Yoga Program in a Social Housing Complex in Santa Marta, Colombia | Zendy

Laura Liévano-Karim | Zendy

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Peacebuilding Through Yoga? Qualitative Assessment of a Yoga Program in a Social Housing Complex in Santa Marta, Colombia

Author(s) -

Laura Liévano-Karim

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

international journal of yoga therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 2168-5835

pISSN - 1531-2054

DOI - 10.17761/2019-00033

Subject(s) - focus group , intervention (counseling) , psychology , interpersonal communication , mental health , qualitative research , qualitative property , clinical psychology , gerontology , psychotherapist , medicine , social psychology , sociology , psychiatry , social science , anthropology , computer science , machine learning

The goal of the study was to assess perceived mental and physical health benefits of a yoga intervention for people living in Ciudad Equidad, a social housing complex in Colombia. The study participants voluntarily enrolled to complete two yoga sessions per week, each lasting 1.5 hours, during a 3-month period. Additionally, they participated in baseline and postintervention focus groups. This qualitative assessment was intended to identify perceived changes in aggressiveness, interpersonal relationships, and stress after participating in the yoga sessions. Data analysis revealed that participants perceived changes over time in relation to when they began the intervention.

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