Introduction: Resilience is the capacity to confront, overcome, and even become stronger through experiencing problems or injuries. Yoga is a physical variable proven to be effective on increasing the focus, creativity, and patience and is also effective on the flexibility form of body and mind. Spiritual intelligence is the foundation of beliefs which make the format of the actual life. Therefore, this study was aimed to compare the effect of spiritual intelligence training and yoga on resiliency of women.
Methodology: This research uses a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest control group. The statistical population of this study was all the women aged 30 to 50 years old who referred to yoga classes and cultural centers in Isfahan. Each of 4 groups included 15 individuals (3 experimental groups and one control group) as an example were selected using examples and by purposeful and convenience sampling method. The experimental groups consisted of yoga training, spiritual intelligence training, as well as yoga and spiritual intelligence training. Data were collected using Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (2003) King Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire (2000). To test the hypotheses, analysis of covariance and one-way ANOVA were employed using SPSS version 21.
Results: The results showed that the average of resilience variable of the experimental group was higher than the control group. Spiritual intelligence training, yoga, and yoga along with spiritual intelligence had the same effects on the amount of participants’ resiliency.
Discussion: According to the effects that spiritual intelligence training and yoga have had on the resilience and psychological immunization, it is highly recommended that authorities organize and develop spiritual intelligence training classes and yoga courses to improve the mental health of people.