ABSTRACT Poor body image is a critical barrier to eating disorder recovery. This pilot project was designed as a feasibility study to examine a novel group-based, therapeutic yoga and body image program (YBI) for addressing negative body image in those clinically diagnosed with an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia nervosa, and other specified feeding or eating disorder) receiving outpatient level treatment at an eating disorder treatment center located in Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota. Self-administered questionnaires were completed by 67 participants at the beginning and end of the 8-week series, to better understand the acceptability of the YBI program and its potential effects on body image and self-worth during outpatient eating disorder treatment. Quantitative survey questions assessed participants’ body image concerns, while open-ended questions probed participants’ experiences and the perceived impact of the yoga program on their body image. After completion of the yoga program, mean item scores on the body image concern survey improved: increases ranged from 0.3 to 0.8 points on a 5-point scale. In open-ended questions, participants described many positive changes to their body image. Participants reported that the yoga program improved their self-acceptance, self-awareness, confidence, emotional and physical strength, and was a positive form of release. Participants also discussed physical and emotional challenges of the yoga program and how they contributed to self-judgment, vulnerability, and confrontation of uncomfortable feelings. The results of this pilot study are promising and warrant consideration of more rigorous study designs to explore the potential of a body image specific therapeutic yoga program to aid those in eating disorder treatment to improve body image disturbances.

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旨在改善门诊饮食失调人群身体形象的基于瑜伽的治疗计划：计划描述和混合方法试点研究的结果

摘要 糟糕的身体形象是饮食失调康复的关键障碍。该试点项目旨在作为一项可行性研究，研究一种新的基于团体的治疗性瑜伽和身体意象计划 (YBI)，以解决临床诊断患有饮食失调症（厌食症、神经性贪食症和其他特定喂养或饮食失调）在位于明尼阿波利斯-圣路易斯的饮食失调治疗中心接受门诊治疗。保罗，明尼苏达州。67 名参与者在 8 周系列的开始和结束时完成了自我管理的问卷，以更好地了解 YBI 计划的可接受性及其在门诊饮食失调治疗期间对身体形象和自我价值的潜在影响。定量调查问题评估了参与者的身体形象问题，而开放式问题则探讨参与者的经历以及瑜伽课程对其身体形象的感知影响。完成瑜伽课程后，身体形象关注调查的平均项目分数有所提高：在 5 分制的范围内增加了 0.3 到 0.8 分。在开放式问题中，参与者描述了他们身体形象的许多积极变化。参与者报告说，瑜伽课程提高了他们的自我接纳、自我意识、自信、情绪和体力，是一种积极的释放方式。参与者还讨论了瑜伽课程的身体和情感挑战，以及它们如何导致自我判断、脆弱性和不舒服的感觉。