Effect of pranayama on cardio respiratory functions of school girls

Abstract

The practice of Yoga is believed to have started with the very dawn of civilization. The science of yoga has its origin thousands of years ago, long before the first religions or belief systems were born. In the yogic lore, Shiva is seen as the first yogi or Adiyogi, and the first Guru or Adi Guru. Pranayama means control over energy in the body. If one can control one’s energy, then one can withdraw it from the outer senses and up the spine, thereby raising one’s consciousness. Traditionally pranayama is used to mean control over the breath, but it is actually controlling the energy in the body via control of the breath.Purpose: The purpose of the study was to know the “Effect of Pranayama on Lungs Functions of High School Girls’’.Procedure: In this study The selected sample consists of Thirty School girls. The age group of subjects ranges from 13-15 years. Here selected various breathing components like fast pranayama is independent variable and slow pranayama is dependant variable. For this study researcher choosen the pre test and post test of vo2 max to observe the effect of independent variable fast pranayama and slow pranayama.Statistical Teqnique: The data were analysed statistically, apart from the descriptive statistics, independent samples t test was used to determine the significant changes in pranayama in 6 pranayama training programe. To compare the changes in variables between two groups one way ANOVA was used. The level of significance was p≤0.05.