title: Yoga and health promotion, practitioners' perspectives at a Brazilian university: A pilot study.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present the results of the Program Yoga and Health Promotion offered to 18 participants, lecturers, workers and students of the State University of Campinas, Brazil. The program aimed at favoring well-being in relation to their physical, emotional and mental condition. Practitioners completed the Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile to identify the symptoms and the perception of self-reported well-being, and the T test was applied to the results of the participants' profiles before and after the program. Narratives were used based on trigger phrases. Seven categories (self-control; self-perception; well-being; body awareness; balance; mind-body; reflexivity), were identified through thematic analysis. The results were discussed according to the triangulation of methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  14 participants scored better profiles, with a p-value <0.05. As regards the narratives, there were no negative perceptions about the yoga practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  yoga was a positive intervention for the group of participants.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Collective Health, State University of Campinas Unicamp., Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126., 13.083-887, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: gfusp@mpc.com.br.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Collective Health, State University of Campinas Unicamp., Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126., 13.083-887, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: andrea.goncalves69@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andrea Vasconcelos
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Collective Health, State University of Campinas Unicamp., Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126., 13.083-887, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: luisgs11@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Luis G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Collective Health, State University of Campinas Unicamp., Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126., 13.083-887, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: liviabartolomei@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Livia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bartolomei
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Collective Health, State University of Campinas Unicamp., Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126., 13.083-887, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: mjbarreto@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Michelle J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Barreto
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Collective Health, State University of Campinas Unicamp., Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126., 13.083-887, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: mfurlanetti@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Maria Renata
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Furlanetti
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas Unicamp., Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126., 13.083-887, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: celso.stephan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Celso
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stephan
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Collective Health, State University of Campinas Unicamp., Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126., 13.083-887, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: nelfel@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Nelson Filice
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: de Barros
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014495:Universities; D015013:Yoga / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: CAM; Health promotion; Mymop; Narratives; Triangulation; Yoga