Development of Specific Aspects of Spirituality during a 6-Month Intensive Yoga Practice

Table 2

Course of tested variables.

	Mean ± SD (Wilcoxon)			𝑃 value	Effect size 𝑑
	T1	T2	T3	(Friedman)	T1 : T3
Religious orientation	61.0 ± 23.3	62.0 ± 24.4	65.9 ± 23.4^2**3***	<0.0001	0.21
Insight/wisdom	82.6 ± 14.3	80.0 ± 15.9	81.3 ± 14.7	0.009	0.10
Conscious interactions/compassion	75.2 ± 13.8	77.3 ± 13.6^1*	79.6 ± 12.6^2***3**	0.009	0.33
Transcendence conviction	79.9 ± 17.5	78.9 ± 20.1	81.9 ± 28.9	0.399	0.02
Mindfulness	1.78 ± 0.35	1.86 ± 0.35^1**	1.98 ± 0.37^2***3***	<0.0001	0.53
Life satisfaction	75.4 ± 13.8	77.0 ± 14.5^1**	77.4 ± 13.8^2*	0.016	0.14
Lightheartedness/relief	55.7 ± 11.9	58.3 ± 14.4^1*	66.3 ± 17.2^2***3***	<0.0001	0.75
Social interest/contacts	71.1 ± 17.9	71.1 ± 18.0	72.6 ± 17.0	0.274	0.09

¹T1 : T2; ²T1 : T3; ³T2 : T3 ^***𝑃<0.001; ^**𝑃<0.01; ^*𝑃<0.05 (Wilcoxon; 2-tailed).