Effect of Shambhavi Mahamudra and Pranayama Practice on  Stress among Middle Aged Men

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: shambhavi mahamudra practice, pranayama practices, stress and‘t’ ratio.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of shambhavi mahamudra and pranayama

practice on stress among middle aged men. To achieve the purpose of the study thirty middle aged men

were selected from Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India during the year 2019. The subject’s age ranges from 35

to 45 years. The selected students were divided into two equal groups consists of 15 men each namely

experimental group and control group. The experimental group underwent a shambhavi mahamudra and

pranayama practices programme for six weeks. The control group was not taking part in any training during

the course of the study. Stress was taken as criterion variable in this study. The selected subjects were

tested on stress was measured through perceived stress scale. Pre-test was taken before the training period

and post- test was measured immediately after the six week training period. Statistical technique ‘t’ ratio

was used to analyse the means of the pre-test and post test data of experimental group and control group.

The results revealed that there was a significant difference found on the criterion variable. The difference

is found due to shambhavi mahamudra and pranayama practices given to the experimental group on stress

when compared to control group.

S. Parthasarathy1 , S. Dhanaraj2 , K. Alaguraja3 , K. Selvakumar4

1Research Scholar, 2Professor, 3Research Scholar, 4Research Scholar, Alagappa University College of Physical

Education, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India