Table 3.
Participants’ observed competence in performing specific yoga postures at 12 weeks, based on expert evaluation
| Percentage of participants receiving each competency rating for each posturea | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posture | Not at all successful [1] | Slightly successful [2] | Moderately successful [3] | Very successful [4] | Extremely successful [5] | Mean competency ratingb (SD) |
| Tadasana (mountain pose) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 47.8% | 52.2% |
4.5 (0.5) |
| Utkatasana (chair pose) | 0% | 0% | 4.4% | 47.8% | 47.8% |
4.4 (0.6) |
| Trikonasana (triangle pose) | 0% | 4.4% | 69.6% | 17.4% | 8.7% |
3.3 (0.7) |
| Virabhadrasana 2 (warrior 2 pose) | 0% | 4.4% | 39.1% | 30.4% | 26.1% |
3.8 (0.9) |
| Parsvottanasana (intense side stretch pose) | 0% | 4.4% | 0% | 65.2% | 30.4% |
4.2 (0.7) |
| Malasana (garland/squat pose) | 4.6% | 0% | 9.1% | 27.3% | 59.1% |
4.4 (1.0) |
| Bharadvajasana (seated twist pose) | 0% | 0% | 21.7% | 30.4% | 47.8% |
4.3 (0.8) |
| Vajrasana | 0% | 0% | 34.8% | 13.0% | 52.2% |
4.2 (0.9) |
| Baddha Konasana (bound angle pose) | 0% | 0% | 22.7% | 18.2% | 59.1% |
4.4 (0.8) |
| Shalabhasana (locust pose) | 5.0% | 0% | 0% | 30.0% | 65.0% |
4.5 (0.6) |
| Salamba setubandhasana (supported bridge pose) | 5.0% | 0% | 0% | 30.0% | 65.0% |
3.9 (1.0) |
| Supta padangusthasana (reclined hand to big toe pose) | 0% | 0% | 4.4% | 34.8% | 60.9% |
4.6 (0.6) |
| Supta baddha konasana (reclined bound angle pose) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 52.2% | 47.8% |
4.5 (0.5) |
| Viparita karani variation (inverted lake pose) | 0% | 0% | 12.5% | 31.3% | 56.3% |
4.4 (0.7) |
| Savasana (corpse pose) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
5.0 (0) |
Percentages are column percentages
a4 (14.8%) women did not have expert observation at all, 13 (48%) had data on all postures, remaining women were missing between 1 and 3 postures
bCalculated by taking the average of all participant competency ratings for each posture, based on a scale of 1 (not at all successful) to 5 (extremely successful