A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN PRANAYAMA AND BREATHING EXCERCISES

Abstract

Yoga is an ancient system of self-development through which union occurring between the mind, body and spirit. Yoga is a science and is immensely useful for promoting total health, which may assist in achieving recommended levels of physical activity for some individuals. Type of sampling was simple random sampling, consist of 60 obese women. Group A consisted of 30 and Group B consisted of 30.  A written informed consent was taken from all the subjects. Purpose of the study and procedure were explained to the subjects. Subjects in the age group of 35 to 45 were included in the study and were randomly divided into two groups. Group A (n=30) and Group B (n=30). All the values obtained before and after performing Pranayama, and breathing exercises were expressed as mean ± SD. The data were analyzed by SPSS 32.0 version one way ANOVA followed by student’s   t test   which    was used to compare pre and post training results. P values of less than 0.05 were accepted as significant difference between the compared values.

Keywords: Yoga; Pranayama; Breathing Excercises; t test.