본 연구는 사회복귀시설에서 집단거주 생활을 하는 한 여성 알코올 중독자가 경험하고 있는 스트레스의 관리를 위해, 명상심리상담 프로그램 안에서 진행된 알머지요가를 통한 몸과 마음 알아차림에 관한 연구이다. 알머지요가는 염처경에 기반 한 사념처인 신(身), 느낌(受), 마음(心), 현상(法)에 집중하여, ‘실행자가 그것을‘알아차리고 머물러 지켜보는’ 염지관(念止觀) 명상을 적용한 요가 방법이다. 빨리(Pali)어의 Sati (알아차리고, 念), Samatha (머물러서, 止), Vipassana (지켜보는, 觀) 의 한국어 번역인 알아차리다, 머무르다, 지켜보다, 이 세 단어의 한글 초성을 조합하여 명명되었다. 연구 참여자가 대면하는 일상의 스트레스의 중재를 위해 10회의 심층 상담을 진행하였다. 심층 상담 진행 중, 알머지요가가 사용되었고 연구 참여자는 이를 통해 알아차림을 경험했으며 스트레스의 원인규명을 이끌어 내었다. 본 연구의 의의는 첫째, 공동시설에서 사회복귀를 위하여 노력하는 여성 알코올 중독자에게 명상상담의 큰 틀 안에서 알머지요가를 알아차림에 도달하기 위한 도구로 사용한 점이다. 둘째, 알머지요가는 연구 참여자가 알아차림에 도달하는데 효과가 있음을 보여준 점이다

Purpose: Today, mindfulness become popular in medicine, psychology, physical education and so on. Mindfulness-based course began to be used in the educational field's formal curriculum. Many researches show that mindfulness-based class increase a lot of psychological qualities. Positive psychological capital is the state of personal positive psychological development and contributes to individual productivity. There are some studies, proving mindfulness-based interventions influenced on subfactors of positive psychological capital. This study tried to test whether mindfulness-based course could change the student's positive psychological capital. Methods: 164 participants were divided into 3 groups. Fifty-five were assigned to mindfulness based subjects as experiment group, 54 participants to yoga class, and 55 to general cultural subject as control group. During a semester, three classes were proceeded and some scales, including positive psychological capital, positive and negative emotions, and mindfulness were administered at pretest and posttest. Results: Significant differences were observed in all variables. Positive psychological capital, positive emotion, and mindfulness in mindfulness and yoga classes increased significantly and negative emotion in both classes decreased significantly, compared to control group. Conclusion: As a result, mindfulness-based class and yoga-based class could increase positive psychological capital and it is promising that mindfulness-based class can be included in curriculum.

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to examine the physical and psychological benefits afforded by a 6-week yoga program for breast cancer survivors. Methods: Eligible participants (per-screened) were to the intervention group 17. All participants completed pre- and post-testing assessments immediately before and after the Mindfulness yoga program. Statistical analyses were paired samples t-test by SPSS 19.0. Results: The Mindfulness yoga program participants(female) included primarily breast cancer survivors, on average 46.5 months post-diagnosis. Significant differences between pre and post at post-intervention were seen only in psychosocial(i.e. QOL; Role function, Appetite loss, Constipation and PSQI) Finally, there were also significant improvements in the program participants from pre- to post-intervention on physical variables(Weight, BMI). Conclusion: The mindfulness yoga program has a positive effect on Quality of life in Breast cancer survivors. Future research might attempt to include control group and a longer program duration.