Impact of the Astanga Yoga Practices on General Health Status and Wellbeing of the Employees

Abstract :

The purpose of the present study is to find out the impact of the astanga yoga practices on general health status
and wellbeing of the employees. The study is conducted on 40 employees. Totally two groups, namely, control &
experimental group I, consisting of 20 employees underwent 12 weeks of practice in Yogic practices training whereas the control group did not under go any type of training. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure and attitude was measured before and after the experimentation using the standardized test to measure the with sphygmomanometer, stethoscope and standard questionnaire. The data were analyzed by Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and it was concluded that the Yogic practices training had a significant (P < 0.05) effect on the wellbeing of employees.

Author Name : M. Raju & Dr.V.Duraisami

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.583984

Keywords: Yogic practices, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and attitude.