HEALTHFUL YOGA: THE IMPACT ON THE PSYCHO-FUNCTIONAL STATE OF MATURE WOMEN
Currently, the issues of prevention, preservation and strengthening of the health of the adult working population, especially women, remain especially relevant. The purpose of the study was to identify the influence of healthful yoga on the psycho-functional state of the body of mature women in Novosibirsk. In practice, the components of hatha yoga, postures and exercises (asanas), deep and rhythmic breathing "pranayama" are used, which can be performed by a person of almost any age and level of physical fitness. The study was conducted from September to December 2019 at the Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University. Study sample - 30 women. The effectiveness of healthful yoga was performed by using “Well-being-activity-mood” (WAM); “Personal scale of anxiety manifestations”, assessment of back and abdominal muscles strength endurance, Stange-Hench tests, assessment of the circulatory system reserve. The article presents the results of the impact of healthful yoga on psycho-emotional indicators, functional state of the muscular system, indicators of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems of mature women. For three months, women were engaged in healthful yoga under the guidance of an instructor and independently. After a course of healthful yoga, an improvement of the psycho-emotional state indicators, an increase in strength endurance, an improvement of the respiratory and cardiovascular system were revealed. Thus, the analysis of the studied psycho-emotional performance, muscular system, respiratory and cardiovascular system shows that systematic yoga class have a recreational beneficial effect on indicators of mental and physical health of women are not involved in sports. Healthful yoga can be an effective method of maintaining mental balance, concentration, prevention of distress and deviations in the state of health, as well as the development of the adaptive potential of the human body. Integral assessment of the functional state of the body is needed to identify the health, effectiveness of existing training loads, the degree of development of physical qualities, providing physical perfection.