A Study on Flexibility Improvement Causing Posture Change Through Well-Being Yoga

Abstract

This study is to reveal the body alignment effects of yoga exercise focusing on the pelvis and spine which is the major joints of human body in the alignment. The 14 twenty-year-old women without any experience of yoga were participated in a training yoga session composed of 50 minute duration, 3 times a week for 24 weeks. 3D motion analysis was performed on the five selected yoga motions in order to verify the body alignment effects on the test subjects. The analysis of the results has been done with the average values taken from the two times selective motions. For the statistic validation, the paired sample t-test was utilized. After the training, the subjects first aligned their pelvis through the change in pelvic limb and then extend the spines and finally completing the posture by throwing their shoulders back. On the basis of biomechanical point of view, the consequence showed that the 24 weeks of yoga training has a positive effect in the pelvis and spine alignment. The yoga motions utilized in this study has proven to be effective in enhancing cognitive ability of the pelvis and spine.