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VOL. 1, ISSUE 3 (2019)
Influence of yoga Nidra on selected physical fitness components among paramilitary personnel in India
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Dr. AE Nelson Raj
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of the research was to find out the influence of yoganidra on selected physical fitness components among paramilitary personnel. Currently in order to obtain good health and wellness, the training schedule had been fixed according to the result of the pilot study. The training intensity and load had been increased every four weeks once, as Yoganidra is an idea tool to measure the state of health and wellness through test and retest method. Objectives: To analyse the influence of yoganidra on selected physical fitness components among paramilitary personnel from the selected variables. Methodology: 320 paramilitary personnel were selected as subjects through random group design and their aged ranged between 35 to 40 years, subjects were divided into four equal groups: Experimental Group I (n=80) Yoganidra training (YNTG), Experimental Group II (n=80) Wellness training programme (WTPG), experimental group III (n=80) Combination of Yoganidra with Wellness training programme (CYNWTPG) and Group IV (n=80) control group (CG). The study was formulated as a pretest and posttest random group design, the selected subjects were initially tested on criterion variables used in this study and this was considered as the pre-test. After assessing the pre-test, the subjects belonging to Experimental Groups underwent to their training programme respectively three days a week for a period of 24 weeks. Statistical technique: Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was applied to determine whether the three programme of training programme produced significantly improvements on selected variables after 24 weeks of training (Fisher, 1994). Conclusion: It was concluded that the combination of yoganidra with wellness training programme group had produced more significant improvement than the EP-I (YNTG), EP-II (WTPG) and Control Group (CG) in Cardio respiratory endurance (CRE), Flexibility (F) and Mean arterial blood pressure (MABP).
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Pages:19-24
How to cite this article:
Dr. AE Nelson Raj "Influence of yoga Nidra on selected physical fitness components among paramilitary personnel in India". International Journal of Educational Research and Development, Vol 1, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 19-24
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