Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to find out effect of varied yogic practices on selected psychological variables among obese men. To achieve the purpose sixty subjects were selected. The selected sixty subjects were randomly divided into three groups of twenty each, out of which Yogic Practices Group -A (n = 20) underwent Swami Satyananda Saraswati yogic training and Group –B (n= 20) underwent BKS Iyengar Yogic training. Group – C (n = 20) remained as the control group. All the subjects revealed that they had no ailments of any sort and were taking medicines for treatment after a general medical checkup done on them. The physician confirmed this and the subjects were given clearance to take part in the various packages of yogic practices. The data collected prior to and after the experimental period on self-confidence on Yogic practices group – A, Yogic practices group – B and control group are analysed through analysis of co-variance. The result of the study also shows that there is a significant improvement in self confidence after the experimental period, i.e., yogic practice group – A and yogic practice group – B, when compared with the control group. The result of the study also shows that there is a significant difference between the experimental groups on self-confidence, in which, yogic practice group – A is better improvement in self-confidence than the yogic practice group – B.
Author Name : T.Arun Prasanna & Prof. K.Vaithianathan
Keywords: Yogic practices, Self confidence and Obese College students.
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