Science Fair Proposal

1. What is your topic? 

-Yoga
2. What is the driving problem behind your experiment and the quote by an expert to support that problem? (Expert citation must be MLA format.)

 

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Citation added:

Broad, William. "The Risks and Rewards of Practicing Yoga." Npr.org. NPR Books, 7 Feb. 2012. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.

"No matter how poorly you do it or how stressed you are, you're going to get this guaranteed de-stressing, relaxing, anti-civilization effect on yoga."
My goal is to put that statement to the test.

3. What is your hypothesis? 
If a person who does not practice yoga on a regular basis begins to do a yoga routine for several minutes a day, then their heart beat will change significantly after the practice is done.

4. Write a paragraph summary of how you will perform the experiment.  Include the tools you plan on using.
I plan to devise a 10-15 min. yoga routine and have 22 people practice for several days. I will record their heartbeat before and after they conduct the exercise. Once the data is collected I will compare the data and analyze the results.

5. Behavioral/Social Science

Blog 5a: Science Fair Problem Statement

Content:
1) Yoga
2) A common problem is students might overexert themselves during practices which can result in injury. Common injuries revolve around the abdomen, back, hamstrings, and shoulders. These injuries occur primarily in the more strenuous styles of yoga like ashtanga. If I was able to find a better method to teach these poses, or a better way for people to practice them to minimize the injury possibility on their body, then I would be able to spread the word in the yoga community. I could post research online and make my arguments on a yoga blog in which I can share the word to other yoga instructors and hopefully they could do likewise having the information spread through the yoga community.
3) A problem with yoga is that each studio generally does there own thing. The certification process of yoga is not the same as a UC or Cal state system in which it is distinguished. Some yoga teachers may have their yoga credential while others may not. Generally it has been stated that your degree in yoga is directly correlated to how much a person is willing to pay to get it. There is no organized yoga certification standard or program to teach yoga. To be able to create a better certification method would be amazing. Once the problem is solved, I would try to find the head people in the board of yoga and present them with my system hoping that if it is sold well that they would purchase and adopt it.