Study On The Current Situation Of Yoga Fitness In Xi’an

Study Objective and significance: In the twenty-first Century, with China’s rapideconomy developing, the social rhythm speeds up unceasingly, and the people’smaterial life has improved gradually, human’s pursuit of physical and mental healthand quality of life is more and more urgent. Yoga, as a nationwide fitness program,has been favored by more and more people. The author, who has visited India yogaperformer, the commentator and the organizer of the2011International HorticulturalExposition held in Xi’an, has already got a deeper understanding of the origin of eachtype of yoga, yoga therapy efficacy, and the development of yoga in India, which hasenlightenment on the further study of yoga programme in Xi’an. This paper aims toprovide a reference for the development of yoga in Xi’an.The research objects and methods: By using the method of literature review,expert interviews, questionnaire survey method, mathematical statistics, comparativeanalysis, field surveys and other research methods, the author mainly takes18fitnessclubs,7yoga clubs,3community elderly universities and5universities which haveyoga classes in Xi’an as his research objects, and in order to analyzing the data,theauthor has visited25managerial staffs,350yoga members,20coaches,4sportofficials and20experts, and10college students and teachers..The findings and analysis: The status of yoga in Xi’an is in disorder. Yogaclasses carried out in colleges are not appropriate; and the development of mass sportsin Xi’an is not ideal. Therefore, based on the investigation of the present developmentof yoga in Xi’an, namely the investigation of yoga in colleges, profit fitness clubs andnon-profit fitness clubs, this paper tries to find out the problems which are existing,and puts forward the feasible suggestions on the development of yoga in Xi’an.Conclusions and recommendations:1Develop of Yoga classes in college is still in its infancy. The survey shows that9colleges have yoga classes, accounting for45%of the total survey, and11collegesnot, accounting for55%of the total survey. Those9colleges take yoga class as anelective course. Many schools do not offer yoga classes, and yoga courses in school istaught through the student community, which can not meet the desire for knowledgeof the students.2Now the lack of professional yoga coaches in Xi’an City is anotherproblem,and there is no uniform teaching content, teaching material, teachingplan;And the facility is not perfect。3Male members in yoga club occupy the most; and many Yoga coaches in Xi’an are lack of knowledge from professional training, and they have low academicdegree and professional quality4Yoga market supervision in Xi’an is not perfect enough, for there is no specialregulatory body or yoga profession association. Every club and even a single personhas access to have yoga class. Some yoga fitness clubs in Xi’an emphasis too much onits commercial value exaggerating the fitness effect of yoga, and produce falsepropaganda.5Residents’ knowledge lack of yoga fitness in Xi’an, facilities and professionalcoaches, and the lack of yoga knowledge of some community residents and staff, haverestricted the development of yoga in resident communities.