Yoga and Family:Mutual Construction of Women's Health and Family Relationship
Married and middle-aged women are often the central pillars of their families,taking on substantial responsibilities for caregiv-ing and managing family health.Despite their critical role,this demographic hasn't received sufficient attention in health research.Gender studies typically focus on how social structures and power discourses affect women's bodily experiences and health practices,often neg-lecting the interplay between family relationships and women's health.This study uses yoga practice among middle-aged and young women as an example to examine the interrelationship between their self-health awareness,health behaviors,and family relationships.The research finds that middle-aged women who practice yoga actively manage and promote their own health,emphasizing the importance of"self-care"primarily to more sustainably fulfill their family responsibilities and"care for others'health".Simultaneously,the health be-haviors these women engage in based on self-care can enhance their self-health awareness and reshape family relationships.Based on these findings,the study adds a"relational"perspective to women's health research and calls for greater societal attention to the health and well-being of middle-aged women.
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