Table 1.
Participant Quotes
| Themes | Sub-themes | Participant Quotes |
|---|---|---|
| Perceived benefit | Mental/Emotional |
I am very grateful for doing yoga. I am more tranquil and I can sleep more because I practice breathing and letting go of everything in my mind. −60 year old Hispanic female, OA, pain score 5 When I do the exercises I feel good, I am thinking about what I am doing, I feel very centered in thought and spirit. −62 year old Hispanic female, RA, pain score 8 |
| Physical |
Class was good today. I was on the mat for the first time. I feel I got a better workout on the mat. After we worked on our feet mine actually felt better. I seem to have more energy when I left class. −65 year old African American female, RA, pain score 3 I am very happy because I have learned yoga, it is something new for me, it is helping me feel better, sleep better, to stretch and that helps me in my arthritis and I forget that I have it/suffer from it. −60 year old Hispanic female, OA, pain score 5 |
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| Self –Efficacy | Improvement |
Practiced for 30 minutes. No Pain. I’m getting into a better flow with my home practice, but still need to use the manual. −45 year old African American female, RA, pain score 7 It was a very good experience because I didn’t need help. Although I am not sure it was perfect but just the experience, I hope to perfect it. −60 year old Hispanic female, OA, pain score 5 |
| Novice |
I try to do it when I exercise I can and I want to learn them and that way I won’t depend on the instructors, soon she will leave us alone and we will have to do it ourselves. −60 year old Hispanic female, OA, pain score 5 I tried to do the exercise on Wednesday but I don’t think I did very well. I need to keep my mind only on what I am doing….I tried to do a ten minute meditation. I was concentrating on just one sentence. It was hard to stay focus. I tried just seeing it in my head like a tie on tape but was hard. I don’t know if I am doing this correctly. −65 year old African American female, RA, pain score 3 |
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| Support | Social/Emotional |
Today I did standing poses, my son did them too, and he was also helping me by telling me how. Then I felt that gradually, the stretches are rather easy to do. −46 year old Hispanic female, RA, pain score 5 I had a lot of fun practicing with my eight year old daughter. −45 year old African American female, RA, pain score 7 |
| Props and Resources |
I stretch my legs, my arms, whole body, I cannot balance but I grab a chair −60 year old Hispanic female, OA, pain score 5 Standing on the toes holding the wall, it is pretty good. I did the warm up looking at the book. −62 year old African American female, RA, pain score 8 |
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| Barriers | Lack of concentration | (I) am also confused because when I relax in the moment that I am doing the exercise my mind starts to think about what I will be doing later. −33 year old Hispanic female, RA, pain score 4 |
| Pain/Discomfort | Today I practiced in the morning, I didn’t feel as motivated to do it. Because I had some pain. But afterwards I felt somewhat better. −46 year old Hispanic female, RA, pain score 5 |