AUTHOR(S): Dr. Biju Sukumar

ABSTRACT:
The science of Yoga is related to living a healthy lifestyle inclusive of breathing exercises, posture, and clean practices. It contains five principles which include proper breathing, diet, exercise, and relaxation along with meditation and positive thinking. One of the techniques used in Yoga is Pranayama which helps to breathe in a controlled manner thus improving the functioning of the lungs. To achieve this purpose of the study, (n=40) forty female students studying from various department, at Sree Narayana College, Chempazhanthy, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. six weeks’ duration Working towards this purpose, forty female subjects were selected and assigned into two sets; one being the experimental set and the other acting as control, with each consisting of 40 female subjects with ages ranging from 18 to 20 years. For checking the normality of data, Kalmogrove-Smirnove and Shapiro-Wilk tests were applied and to compare the pre - test and post - test of the data, dependent ‘t’ test was used at p<0.05 level. The results reveal that the different yogic packages of six weeks had significantly influenced on VC, RHT and BHT of the experimental group.

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