2 Hour Meeting Answer #2

1) What is your essential question?
How best can Hatha Yoga improve strength and flexibility?

2) What is your second answer to your essential question?
Consistent practice is key in enhancing strength and flexibility.

3) What are three details to support or justify your second answer?
In my third interview, I brought my questions to my mentor, Antoinette, and her new manager, Monique. They were very firm believers of this answer. Like many sports or hobbies, one cannot perform better without continuous practice which brings me to another justification. When I started at Yoganette as a beginner, I was unable to do chaturanga (tricep push up) correctly but within a couple months practice, I have improved and am able to hold myself up longer. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, there are sports scientists who work with athletes to improve their performance in their sport. This is similar to yoga because the yoga teachers (as well as the practitioner) consistently condition themselves to train and improve their practice for the benefits.

4) What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?
What confirmed my second answer for my essential question would definitely be my mentor, Antoinette. I've always had an idea that consistent practice would best improve strength and flexibility, but I never thought that it would be one of the most important aspects.

5) What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why?
I will probably research a lot about sports science/medicine/performance because that's the more general topic for sports. There isn't much research about consistent yoga practice, so I figured that sports in general would be fine. I plan to understand it as much as I understand the purpose of yoga in order to make connections.