Impact of Ujjayi Pranayama on Anxiety

Nishtha Dwivedi; Sachin Kumar Dwivedi

Impact of Ujjayi Pranayama on Anxiety

Nishtha Dwivedi ¹, Sachin Kumar Dwivedi ²

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1 School of Education, Oriental University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Department of Psychology, LNCPS, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

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A pre-post research design has been used to explore the effect of Ujjayi Pranayama on Anxiety. Total 60 participants were chosen through accidental sampling from Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidhyalaya, Gayatrikunj, Haridwar. Sinha's Comprehensive Anxiety test (SCAT) was used to obtain the scores on anxiety. 15 Minutes of Ujjayi Pranayama was given to the participants for 45 days on daily bases in the evening. t-test has been used to verify the hypothesis .Results indicates that Ujjayi Pranayama reduces the level of anxiety.