EFFECT OF UJJAYAI PRANAYAM ON SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES OF SCHOOL STUDENTS

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The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of ujjayai pranayam on selected physiological variables of school students. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on selected physiological variables due to the effect of ujjayai pranayam among school students. For the present study the 40 school students from Selvam Matriculation Higher Secondary. School, Namakkal, Tamilnadu were selected at random and their age ranged from 14 to 16 years. For the present study pre test – post test random group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of twenty each and named as Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. Group ‘A’ underwent ujjayai pranayam and Group ‘B’ has not undergone any training. The data was collected before and after eight weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying dependent ‘t test. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The ujjayai pranayam had positive impact on resting heart rate and breath holding time among school students.

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