Effect of Varied Modes of Yogic Practices on Eye Hand Co-Ordination and Memory of Professional College Students

Abstract:

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of varied modes of yogic practices on eye hand co-ordination and memory of professional college students. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on eye hand co-ordination and memory due to the effect of varied modes of yogic practices among professional college students. For the present study 60 polytechnic male students from KLN Polytechnic College, Madurai, Tamilnadu were selected at random and their age ranged from 15 to 17 years. For the present study pre test – post test random group design which consists of a control group and two experimental groups were used. The subjects were randomly assigned to three equal groups of twenty each and named as experimental group ‘I’, experimental group ‘II’ and control group. Group I underwent asana, pranayama & meditation, Group II underwent suryanamaskar, pranayama & yoga nidra and the control group has not undergone any training. Eye hand co-ordination was assessed by alternate hand wall test and memory was assessed by object identifying test. The data was collected before and after twelve weeks of training. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the adjusted mean difference among the three groups. When the adjusted post test was significant, the Scheffe’s post-hoc test was used to find out the paired mean differences. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The asana, pranayama & meditation group had positive impact on eye hand co-ordination and memory among professional college students. The suryanamaskar, pranayama & yoga nidra group had positive impact on eye hand co-ordination and memory among professional college students.

Author Name : K.Sagadevan & Dr.K.Chandrasekaran

Keywords: Asana, Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, Suryanamaskar, Memory.