Motivation of second-aged people to participate in somatic movement classes

Головач, Інна Іванівна and Мишкоріз, Олександр Олександрович (2026) Motivation of second-aged people to participate in somatic movement classes Modern engineering and innovative technologies, 4 (43). pp. 105-114. ISSN 2567-5273

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Abstract

The article examines the factors that influenced the motivation of people of the second mature age to engage in somatic movements. Somatic movement classes (lessons) in the physical education of the adult population of Ukraine are a new direction in the revival of mental control over body movements. The founder of somatic exercises is American researcher Thomas Louis Hanna, who noted common features in the methods of Frederick Matthias Alexander, Elsa Gindler, and Moshe Feldenkrais and created a powerful new direction in teaching somatic movements to improve the health of people of different age groups. Somatic exercises are a type of physical movement practices in which the central mechanism is a person's awareness of their own bodily sensations and the quality of movement (body awareness), and the goal is self-regulation and control through movement and attention. This concentration of attention distinguishes somatic classes from regular physical education classes; the benefit is achieved not by intensity, but by changing the way you perceive bodily signals and organize your own movement. The purpose of the study is to identify the main factors that motivate people of second adulthood to engage in somatic movements

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	second-aged people; motivation; interoceptive awareness; somatic education; somatic lessons; somatic movement classes
Subjects:	Статті у базах даних > Index Copernicus
Divisions:	Факультет здоров’я, фізичного виховання і спорту > Кафедра фізичного виховання і педагогіки спорту
Depositing User:	Iнна Іванівна Головач
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2026 11:30
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2026 11:30
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/56982

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