Author(s): M Raju and Dr. V Duraisami

Abstract:
The purpose of the present study was to find out the impact of astanga yoga practices on general health status and wellbeing of employees. The study was conducted on 40 employees. Totally two groups, namely, control & experimental group I, consisting of 20 employees underwent 12 weeks 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 and stethoscope and standard questionnaire. The data were analyzed by Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and it was concluded that the Yogic practices training had significant (P < 0.05) effect on the wellbeing of employees.

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