Jonathan Y. Cagas, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Human Kinetics. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Southern Queensland under the Physically Active Lifestyles Research Group. His Ph.D. focused on understanding the barriers, facilitators, and motives for yoga participation among men. In general, his research interests revolve around the psychological and social factors influencing participation in physical activity, particularly holistic movement practices such as yoga, taichi, and 5Rhythms.

Jonathan is the co-leader for the development of the 2022 Philippine Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, a part of the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance Global Matrix 4.0 Project (www.activehealthykids.org)