Human Kinetics Professors Case Study

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The target population that leisure in this case would be facilitated for would be the Human Kinetics Professors. Every now and then, professors should be able to experience leisure in a classroom environment as well as a home environment. The key elements that this physical activity-based program would have are, being in the moment, it affects their mental health in a positive way, and lastly, it turns negative stress into positive stress.
The physical activity-based program that will be geared towards Human Kinetics Professors is called Yoga and Olympics. The reason that Yoga and Olympics is a great fit for Human Kinetics professors is because they know the benefits of being physical active and how it can help put one in the moment as well as reduce negative stress. The process of creating the program would be doing a survey of when every professor is available to take time out of his or her day to participate in an hour-long program every Friday, for the next four months. After that is determined, every other Friday will be strictly a Yoga day, where the professors can come together and bring their negative stress and turn it into positive stress. The Friday’s that the professors are not doing Yoga they would be in the St. Denis Center, competing in teams to win a prize for each category to do with different sports. Negative …show more content…
Since multitasking does not exist, everyone was able to slow down during the personal leisure take up in the conference room. When the class attended the conference room, time slowed down and everyone was able to share their personal leisure that they ended up doing separately. By being able to slow down, interesting points were brought up during the discussion. Everyone also enjoyed the change of the room atmosphere and was able to again be fully present and in the

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