AUTHOR(S): Dr. Badshah Ghosh

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of yogic asanas and kriyas on physiological variables of physical education students. The subjects for this study were thirty male bachelors of physical education students of Panskura Banamali College, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The subjects were equally divided into three groups namely two experimental and one control group. The two experimental treatments were assigned at random to two groups i.e. one for Asanas and another for Pranayama a yogic kriya and the third group served as control group. The treatment schedule was prepared for twelve weeks. The experimental treatments were employed for 45 minutes a day in five days a week for twelve weeks duration. Pre and post-test data of all the subjects from three groups were collected before and after the experimental treatment. The data was analyzed by employing analysis of covariance at the 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study indicates that practice of both Asanas and Pranayama had significant effect on Peak Heart Rate and Vital Capacity of the subjects.

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