Effects of Varied Combinations of  Asanas Pranayama and Core Training on  Physiological Psychological Variables of  Middle Aged Women

S. Dhivya Laxmi; Dr. K. Murugavel

Volume : II, Issue : IX, September - 2013

Effects of Varied Combinations of Asanas Pranayama and Core Training on Physiological Psychological Variables of Middle Aged Women

S. Dhivya Laxmi, Dr. K. Murugavel

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to find out effects of VARIED COMBINATIONS asanas, pranayama and core training practices on physiological psychological variables of working middle aged women. The study was conducted at Vethathri Maharishi Trust in sirumugai .The sample consisted of sixty middle aged women age ranged between 35and 50 years. They were divided into two equals groups, consist of 30 each and named as control groups and experimental group. The investigator did not make any attempt to equate the groups. The control group was not given any treatment and the experiment group was given asanas, pranayama and core training programme was given six days per week for a period of 8 weeks. All the subjects were subjected for a pre–test and post test. Physiological variables of vital capacity level. Psychological variables of aggression assessed by standard questionnaires. The obtained data from the experiment group and control group before and after the experiment period were statistically analyzed with dependent t–test to find out significant improvement and analysis of covariance for each variable separately in order to determine the differences, if any, among the adjusted post test means. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level of confidence for all the cases. Significant improvement was found on vital capacity and aggression of experiment group due to the effects of asanas, pranayama and core training when compared to the control group.