Morning yoga as an embodied regulatory practice: longitudinal changes in children’s self-esteem and gratitude following participation in a school-based yoga program
Shoichi Shiota, Takahiro Ohitokata, Hiroshi Harada · 2026
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Shoichi Shiota, Takahiro Ohitokata, and Hiroshi Harada follow children's self-esteem and gratitude through a school morning yoga program in Kitakyushu, Japan, reporting in 2026. Four hundred one elementary children took part across seven public schools, as part of the regular curriculum. Sessions ran fifteen minutes once a week from September 2025 to February 2026, mixing postures, breathing practice, attention meditation, and loving-kindness meditation. Standard child scales measured self-esteem and interpersonal gratitude before and after.
Both scores rose significantly across the program window. The authors read the pairing as consistent with yoga acting as an embodied regulation practice, settling body and attention together. Because no comparison group was tracked, they caution against causal claims: growing up, school events, or expectation could share credit. The pilot is offered as groundwork for controlled school-based trials of brief morning yoga.
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| CREATOR | Shoichi Shiota, Takahiro Ohitokata, Hiroshi Harada |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29711 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |