The Effect of Yoga Education on the Performing Arts Students

Objectives. The objective of this study is to examine the effects of yoga exercises on the postural habits and cognitive statutes of the theater students enrolled in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Performing Arts. Method. A total of 30 volunteers were included in the study, with 15 assigned to the control group and 15 to the experimental group. The efficacy of yoga training was evaluated using pre- and post-intervention scales. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Postural Habit (P. Habit) and Awareness (P. Awareness) scales, and the Çarkcı Theatre Performance Anxiety Scale (Çr. Theatre Performance Anxiety Scale) were employed for this purpose. Training was conducted twice weekly for a period of 12 weeks.