Anxiety among Youth and its Management through Yoga | The International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy

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| Published: December 25, 2015

Anxiety among Youth and its Management through Yoga

Asst. Prof. Head, Dept. of Psychology, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.120/20150301

DOI: 10.25215/0301.120

ABSTRACT

Background: The College going students experience a lot of stress and anxiety in their life. Yoga can be a tool in anxiety reduction which has been practiced over centuries in India. Aim: The present study aims to observe the effect of Yogic intervention over anxiety level among college going students. Method: A pre- post research study was conducted at a inter college Aurangabad. Fifty students were selected through random sampling for the Yogic intervention and were exposed to yogic practice daily for half an hour for 45 days. Results: The statistical results showed a significant reduction in the anxiety level of the subjects. Conclusions: Anxiety is one of the major problems with the young generation facing now days, Yogic intervention was found to reduce the academic anxiety level of the subjects.

Keywords

Anxiety, Asana, Pranayama & Meditation

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A Ashtaputre. (2015). Anxiety among Youth and its Management through Yoga. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 3 (1), DOI: 10.25215/0301.120, DIP: 18.01.120/20150301