Yoga as a Health Promotion Lifestyle Tool: A Study on Medical Students from a Tertiary Care Centre
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Yoga has an important role in prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related diseases. One of the important components of Yoga is Pranayama. Physiologically, the benefits of pranayama can be described by more oxygen availability to all tissues of body by an increase in alveolar ventilation and improvement of respiratory muscle’s strength and lung volumes by its regular practice. Aim of the Study: To find out the beneficial effect of the Yoga in body and mind of the young medical students. Materials and Methods: A total of 26 medical students between the age of 18-25 years from Shri Ramachandra Bhanj Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, were taken for the study and the period of study was from June 2016 to December 2016. Results: The male to female ratio was 16:10. The general feeling of well-being improved a lot. The mental performances such as memorization, sleep quality and duration, and betterment of mood were observed to be improving. Conclusion: Yoga is one of the most efficient and an integrated technique for mindbody management.
Authors and Affiliations
Sandhyarani Moharana, M Lipika, D N Moharana, Subhransu Sekhar Pattnaik
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