요가지도자의 지도 및 수행에서의 성찰과 몰입

Contemplation and Immersion in Yoga Instructor’s Teaching and Performing

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand changes before, during and after Yoga instructor’s teaching and performing Yoga and his/her contemplation. Method: Qualitative approach was implemented. In-depth interview, non-participation observation and document review were performed with six participants. interview transcription, description of observation, document comparison were adopted for analyses of data. Triangulation with interview, observation and document review was applied to increase the level of trustworthiness in data collection and analyses. Results: Contemplation before, during and after Yoga was observed. The participants perceive the need for contemplation. They expect that their students experience perception of self-beauty, enhanced health, sense of achievement, self-confidence, stress easiness and positive attitude. Conclusion: Consequently, Yoga instructors need to keep doing contemplation for their well-being as well as their students’ well-being.