People who practice hatha yoga have a greater awareness of normal, nonemotive bodily processes than those who do not. A group of 17 yoga practitioners scored higher on the Body Awareness Questionnaire than a control group of 19 non-practitioners, indicating that yoga training is associated with enhanced body awareness.
The yoga-trained group had significantly better body awareness than the control group.
Abstract
This study was done to investigate whether the practice of hatha yoga enhances the awareness of the normal, nonemotive bodily processes. A yoga-trained group of 17 and a control group of 19 were administered the Body Awareness Questionnaire. Analysis showed that the yoga-trained group had a significantly better body awareness than the control group.