Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of varied combinations of yogic practices on physiological variables of school boys of Kuwait ageing 13-15. To achieve the purpose of this study a survey were conducted for 1000 students from Indian central school, Kuwait to find out the health related fitness status. Among the group 183 students were reported low fitness. In that forty male students who are low in fitness were selected for the experimental study. As per the records, their age ranged from 13 to 15 years. True randomized experimental group design has been employed with two groups, namely varied combinations of yogic practices group and control group with 20 students each. Resting heart rate, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were the criterion variables for the present study. Group I underwent varied combinations of yogic practices viz, asanas, imaginary meditation followed by pranayama for a period of twelve weeks and no training were given to the control group. The two groups were statistically analysed by using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The result of the study reveals that there was a significant improvement in the experimental group on selected variables when compared to the control group after the completion of twelve weeks of varied combinations of yogic practices.
Author Name : T.Ramesh Kumar & Dr.K.Chandrasekaran
Keywords: Asanas, Imaginary Meditation, Pranayama, School Boys.
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