Dr. Victor Carrión
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And some of these poses were so elemental that, you know, it was okay if they were not a yoga instructor. So anyway, we tested this curriculum and there was a piece about it in the news hour. I think it might still be there. And I get this...
wonderful phone call by this family in New York that wants to see how they can help me spread this further into not only the classrooms that I was working, but into the whole school or the school district. And I knew at that point that two things were important, not only that they wanted and I wanted, but that the school district should want it.
wonderful phone call by this family in New York that wants to see how they can help me spread this further into not only the classrooms that I was working, but into the whole school or the school district. And I knew at that point that two things were important, not only that they wanted and I wanted, but that the school district should want it.
wonderful phone call by this family in New York that wants to see how they can help me spread this further into not only the classrooms that I was working, but into the whole school or the school district. And I knew at that point that two things were important, not only that they wanted and I wanted, but that the school district should want it.
And also that at this time, we would need to do a very in-depth study to see what our intervention was and what the curriculum was. Because mindfulness can be the name that you give to many different things. So we wanted to make sure that our intervention of yoga and mindfulness exercises that now Pure Power carries is really what we're being tested.
And also that at this time, we would need to do a very in-depth study to see what our intervention was and what the curriculum was. Because mindfulness can be the name that you give to many different things. So we wanted to make sure that our intervention of yoga and mindfulness exercises that now Pure Power carries is really what we're being tested.
And also that at this time, we would need to do a very in-depth study to see what our intervention was and what the curriculum was. Because mindfulness can be the name that you give to many different things. So we wanted to make sure that our intervention of yoga and mindfulness exercises that now Pure Power carries is really what we're being tested.
So they were very, very helpful in helping sponsor not only the dissemination of this curriculum through the school district, but a randomized controlled trial where we actually had a whole other district that would also be trained, but only after the study was over. It was a demographic comparison school in San Jose, in the city of San Jose.
So they were very, very helpful in helping sponsor not only the dissemination of this curriculum through the school district, but a randomized controlled trial where we actually had a whole other district that would also be trained, but only after the study was over. It was a demographic comparison school in San Jose, in the city of San Jose.
So they were very, very helpful in helping sponsor not only the dissemination of this curriculum through the school district, but a randomized controlled trial where we actually had a whole other district that would also be trained, but only after the study was over. It was a demographic comparison school in San Jose, in the city of San Jose.
near enough for us to conduct the study, but far enough that there wouldn't be too much dissemination from one district to the other. And it was good that we did a district-wide control because if we would have done it by classroom or by school, it wouldn't have worked because there was so much diffusion of what the kids were learning
near enough for us to conduct the study, but far enough that there wouldn't be too much dissemination from one district to the other. And it was good that we did a district-wide control because if we would have done it by classroom or by school, it wouldn't have worked because there was so much diffusion of what the kids were learning
near enough for us to conduct the study, but far enough that there wouldn't be too much dissemination from one district to the other. And it was good that we did a district-wide control because if we would have done it by classroom or by school, it wouldn't have worked because there was so much diffusion of what the kids were learning
into their friends and their family and the other classes and the other people in the community, that was beautiful to see, but it would have ruined a control study.
into their friends and their family and the other classes and the other people in the community, that was beautiful to see, but it would have ruined a control study.
into their friends and their family and the other classes and the other people in the community, that was beautiful to see, but it would have ruined a control study.
Exactly. So we demonstrated feasibility. You know, we were able to do it. We demonstrated acceptability. The kids liked it. The kids would do it. Some schools actually had a room specifically for them to go and do it, even if the teachers were not doing it in the classroom. in the classroom.
Exactly. So we demonstrated feasibility. You know, we were able to do it. We demonstrated acceptability. The kids liked it. The kids would do it. Some schools actually had a room specifically for them to go and do it, even if the teachers were not doing it in the classroom. in the classroom.
Exactly. So we demonstrated feasibility. You know, we were able to do it. We demonstrated acceptability. The kids liked it. The kids would do it. Some schools actually had a room specifically for them to go and do it, even if the teachers were not doing it in the classroom. in the classroom.
And it ranged, it was like twice to three times a week for 15 or 50 minutes of this curriculum in the classrooms.