Diálogos sobre yoga e Educação Física escolar: o que dizem as publicações acadêmicas dos últimos 10 anos

Abstract

The advance of the National Policy on Complementary Integrative Practices (PNPIC) integrated to the Unified Health Service (SUS) made it possible to implement Alternative Body Practices (PCas) in the field of collective health, thus opening space for the practice of Yoga both in institutions such as SUS, as well as in Integrated Health Centers (CIS) and Community Peace Center (Compaz). It is through this transformation that many schools have been adhering to these practices in their curricula. Yoga aims at the integral development of the human personality, through liberation exercises supported by a unique philosophy, capable of developing physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects. A complementary practice that has contributed significantly to the management of emotions, Yoga can be the key to efficiently contribute to the education of children, young people and adults within the school. In this sense, the present study aims to map studies that link the practice of Yoga within Physical Education classes at school, between 2012 and 2022, carrying out a bibliographic review and document analysis in search of Yoga concepts, identifying and analyzing the approximations and epistemological distances present in these publications, as well as studying the arguments used to defend this practice within school Physical Education. We identified that, after applying selection criteria, the articles studied present Yoga as a relaxation practice that promotes physical and mental well-being, however, following argumentative paths that still lack pedagogical and philosophical concepts of paramount importance for the school. and for the practice of Yoga itself.