Evaluating Emotional Well-Being after a Short-Term Traditional Yoga Practice Approach in Yoga Practitioners with an Existing Western-Type Yoga Practice

Table 2

Rating of yoga classes and yoga teacher during the intervention.

	WY ()	TY ()	t	p
Rating of yoga class	8.1 ± 1.2	7.9 ± 1.5	−2.943	0.794
Rating of yoga teacher	8.5 ± 1.1	8.9 ± 0.9	0.837	0.234

Overall rating of yoga classes (“How do you feel about class today?”) and yoga teacher performance (“How do you rate the performance of the yoga teacher today?”) presented in mean ± SD. For yoga practitioners maintaining their Western approach to practice (WY) the average of the two yoga classes that were attended in this two-week period was calculated. For yoga practitioners who underwent the 2-week traditional yoga practice approach (TY), averages of ratings obtained after each of the 10 classes were obtained. Independent Student’s -test was performed to compare means between groups. = -value, = value.