Lindsay Garmon Ms. Fuentes English 1101-9 November 8, 01!

"is#ourse $ommunity Ethnogra%hy For my "is#ourse $ommunity Ethnogra%hy to%i# &'ve #hosen to (o#us on the %ra#ti#e o( yoga. )eing %hysi#ally a#tive is something & have al*ays en+oyed doing. )eing a#tive not only ma,es one %hysi#ally healthy but emotionally and mentally healthy as *ell. & li,e to stret#h, *al,, s*im, %lay volley ball, bas,etball, et# (or (un. For my resear#h %hase, & %lan on observing and %arti#i%ating in a yoga #lass on #am%us. &'ll bring a noteboo, to the #lass and *rite do*n all the dis#ourse & hear and intera#tions that are involved bet*een the instru#tor and #lass, and #lassmates bet*een #lassmates. & *ould li,e to intervie* the yoga instru#tor to get his or her %ersonal o%inion on yoga and its bene(its. &'m not (amiliar *ith the dis#ourse or le-is that is used in a yoga #lass so %arti#i%ating in a #lass is the best *ay to learn that and be#ome (amiliar *ith #ertain vo#abulary that #an be used in my (inal resear#h %a%er. &n my resear#h %a%er it *ill have all the dis#ourse, le-is, or vo#abulary that & have learned, #ertain movements and %ositions that are s%e#i(i# to a yoga #lass, intera#tions bet*een the instru#tor and #lass, and #lassmates bet*een #lassmates, the .uestions and ans*ers surrounding my intervie* *ith the instru#tor or %arti#i%ant in the #lass, and *hat & have ta,en a*ay (rom this e-%erien#e.