Effect of yogic practices on selected physiological variables among postpartum women

The Purpose of the study was to find out the effect of yogic practices on selected physiological variables among postpartum women. To facilitate the study twenty postpartum women from govt. hospital from bangarupalyam in chittoor district were randomly selected as subjects and their age group was between 25to35 years. They were assigned into two groups of which one group served as yogic practices group and other group served as control group. The study was formulated as a true random groups design, consisting of pre-test and post-test. The subject (n=20) were randomly assigned to two groups of ten postpartum women in each. The groups were assigned as experimental group and control group respectively. Pre-test were conducted for all the subjects on selected physiological variables, namely mean arterial blood pressure and resting heart rate. The experimental groups underwent initial learning practices for a period of one week followed by respective yogic practices for a period of twelve weeks. The post-test were conducted on the above said dependent variables after a period of yogic practices. The difference between initial and final scores was considered as the effect of yogic practices. To collect and analyse the data dependent “t” Test was used. The results of the study proved that selected yogic practices significantly improved overall health and fitness of postpartum women, as assessed through physiological variables selected for the study.