Quest-The Journal of UGC-ASC Nainital
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 2

To Study the Effect of Yoga Nidra on Anxiety

Department of Yoga, DAV Girls Degree College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana. naval.lovely@gmail.com

Online published on 22 November, 2011.

Abstract

The findings presented in this paper show the effect of Yoga Nidra on anxiety. Thirty female students belonging to the age group of 20–25 years were selected by accidental sampling from Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar. The daily practice time of Yoga Nidra was thirty minutes and the duration was one month. One group pre test- post test design was used for the research and t-test was applied for statistical analysis. The result shows significant changes occur in anxiety levels of individual subjects and also practicing Yoga Nidra decreases the level of anxiety.

Keywords

Yoga Nidra, Anxiety, Yoga