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The Effects Of Yoga And Aerobic Exercise On Concentration And Feeling-States, Elyse J. Dolde May 2011

The Effects Of Yoga And Aerobic Exercise On Concentration And Feeling-States, Elyse J. Dolde

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The impacts of yoga and aerobic exercise on level of concentration and change in feeling-states were examined in this study. They hypothesis was that concentration and feeling-states would improve over a yoga and aerobic exercise session, but yoga, a combination of exercise and meditation, was expected to produce greater positive changes than aerobic exercise. Participants included 70 students from Roger Williams University, 27 male and 43 female. 34 took part in 30 minutes of yoga and 36 took part in 30 minutes of aerobic exercise. Concentration levels and feeling-states improved significantly over sessions of both yoga and aerobic exercise sessions …