Department of Pediatric Endocrinology
THE YOGIC INSIGHT
ISSN: 2582-9076
(A PEER REVIEWED REFEREED RESEARCH JOURNAL)
YOGASANAS-PRANAYAMAS AND GENERAL HEALTH IN CONTEMPORARY EPOCH
MOHINDER KUMAR
SAVITA ARYA

Abstract

Yoga is a perfect art and science of healthy, happy and harmonious living for human being. Yogasanas and Pranayamas have a particularly powerful and beneficial effect on one or more of all glands in our body. Yoga is the best way of exercising the body as well as the mind. Present study was planned to examine the effect of Yogasanas-Pranayamas on general health. A sample of 90 people, age range 18-55 years was selected from yoga centers of Chandigarh on random basis. For the purpose of the study, the sample was divided into two groups i.e., experimental group and control group. The experimental group was given the treatment of yogic exercises according to the specially prepared exercise schedule for three months. After treatment of three months, scores of general health was collected from both the groups. PGI Health Questionnaire by Verma and Verma (1989) was administrated. Results indicated that practice of Yogasanas-Pranayamas have positive effect on general health. Both are positively correlated and interdependent. Yoga works on all aspects of person-the physical, mental, emotional, psychological and spiritual.

Keywords : Yogasanas, Pranayamas, General Health