| 418 | Thursday, April 1, 2004 |
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| 12:30 PM-1:30 PM | Convention Center:356/357 |
| AAHE/Worksite Health |
| Using Yoga Poses and Sequences In The Workplace to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle |
| This program provides information on proper yoga techniques and allows attendees to participate in a variety of yoga poses culminating in a yoga sequence. Proper yoga breathing postures and stress postures will be discussed and demonstrated. A focus of this program is to help people recognize the importance of yoga as a method to increase, maintain, and promote a healthy lifestyle. Incorporating yoga stretches and breathing exercises into a daily exercise routine can increase flexibility and prevent stress. Other benefits of yoga practice include mental control, intellectual acuity, ease of movement, physical health and vitality, emotional balance and control. |
Keyword(s): health promotion, physical activity, wellness/disease prevention
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| Presider: Hilda Perez, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA |
| Speakers: Donna Hey, William Hey and Gina Mabrey, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL |