Influence of selected yogic exercises on intelligence quotient and emotional intelligence of children’s

Abstract

The Purpose of the study was to examine the effect of selected Yogic exercises on Intelligence Quotient and Emotional Intelligence of school going children. The sample was 40 students of the Government High school Irkalgada. Before the practice of the selected yogic exercises the students were examined their EM with Emotional Intelligence test and IQ with IQ test for school children constructed by Desai. Then they were divided into two groups by random sampling method. The experimental group practiced the yogic exercises asanas and pranayama.The Practice lasted for 3 weeks the mean score, standard deviation of the two groups were analyzed by t-test at both level of significance (0.05 and 0.01). For the EI t-test result was 6.24 which were significant and for the IQ it was 1.09 which was insignificant. The study revealed that 3 week yogic exercises on experimental group did result in significant. The study revealed that 3 week yogic exercises on experimental group did result in significant difference in the EI. But they show the in significant difference in the IQ level of the student.