By Breanna Tivvis | Director of Development
Happy October! Thank you all for your continued support and for believing in the Yoga 4 Change mission. The mission: Yoga 4 Change fosters holistic wellbeing, resilience, and transformation for individuals and communities through evidence-based trauma-informed curricula.
This report shares Yoga 4 Change key findings for the period from July 1, 2023, to September30, 2023. The data below indicate the average change for individuals’ self-ratings of stress, mood, and pain for adults. Outcomes compare ratings prior to class to ratings after class participation. To learn more about the work Yoga 4 Change is doing, visit the Research, Data & Evaluation page at www.y4c.org/impact.
Overall Change
Pre/Post Class
For program adult participants, there was a significant increase in mood (p = .000), significant decrease in stress (p = .000). For adults, there was a significant decrease in pain (p < .001) after participation in class as compared to before.
Adult Population Scale
Average % Change
Mood - 20% increase
Stress - 30% decrease
Physical pain -19% decrease
Total adult participants from July 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023 = 3,221
(Figure based on # of adultstaught in each class. Adultswere counted each time they participated).
Qualitative Shares from Individuals involved in the carceral system:
“Love it. I enjoy the class.”
“Thank you! Class was amazing thank you so much”
“Love this class want to be in all the time more active”
“More meditation with the stretches I enjoy meditation”
“Helped calm my thoughts”
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