YogaHome: teaching and research challenges in a yoga program with homeless adults.
YogaHome is a therapeutic yoga program for homeless women. Developing and refining YogaHome provided a unique opportunity to explore the process of teaching yoga to women faced with the physical and emotional stress of living in a homeless shelter. Unique teaching and research challenges are presented and recommendations for future programs are discussed.
Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA. jdavisberman1@udayton.edu
Jennifer
J
Davis-Berman
Jean
J
Farkas
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D015013:Yoga