Effects Of Asanas And Pranayama Practices On Mood State Anxiety And Stress Of Working Middle Aged Women

The purpose of this study was to find out the effects of asanas and pranayama practices on mood state, anxiety, and stress 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 and pranayama 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. Psychological variables of mood scale, anxiety and stress assessed by standard questionnaires. The data collected from the subjects were statistically analysed by using t’ to find out significant difference among experimental groups of psychological variables if any. The result indicates that eight weeks asanas and the pranayama training programme significant produced changes in mood state, anxiety, and stress.