Volume : 9, Issue : 2, FEB 2023

2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON YOGA FOR GLOBAL WELL-BEING (Shree Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, Amravati (M.S.) INDIA)

YOGA PRACTICE IMPACT ON WOMEN'S BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE

DR. SUNITA S. KENE

Abstract

`Yoga is a technique which combines mind and body through asanas, Synchronous with breathing techniques like pranayama and meditation. Researcher selected the 40 women of age between 40-48 having physiological problems link hyper tension and heart diseases. Ait of the study to identify hyper tension and heart diseases and effect of yoga on it. Subject were selected from Amravati city, and divided into 2 homogeneous groups on the basis of pre-test i.e. control and experimental group. To the experimental group 6 weeks yogic practice was given. After 6 weeks post test was conducted. The result of the study shown significantly improvement of pulse rate (t = 35.78), systolic blood pressure (t = 13.11) and diastolic blood pressure (t = 24.78). Hence it is concluded that yogic practice improves the pulse rate and blood pressure.

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