Manju Deodari ¹     Mrignayani Agarwal ²     Pratima Shukla ³

1. Department of Yoga Govt. Girls Degree College, Haldwani
2. Research scholar Dept. of Clinical Psychology Dev Sanskrit University Haridwar
3. Research scholar Dept. of Clinical Psychology Dev Sanskrit University Haridwar

Abstract

Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of surya namaskara on emotional maturity and psychological well-being among college going students.

Methods: It was a pre-post stud and was conducted on a sample of 30 students of govt. girls degree college, Haldwani. The age of the subject ranged from 18-24 years. The sample was taken through accidental sampling. The students were made to do surya namaskara regularly for 60 days after taking pre-test value. The sample was administered emotional maturity scale by Dr.Yashvir Singh and Dr.Mahesh Bhargava and PGI general well being measured by Dr. S.K Verma and Dr. Amita Verma.

Result: After 60 days of practice, there was improvement in emotional maturity and psychological well- being of the students. The value of t-test for emotional majority and psychological well-being of the students. The value of t-test for emotional maturity and psychological well-being is significant at 0.01 level of confidence.

Conclusion: The result of study shows significant effect of surya namaskara in improving the level of emotional maturity and psychological well-being.

Keywords:

Surya namaskara, emotional maturity, psychological well-being.

Methodology:

A sample 30 students of govt. girls degree college, Haldwani(district nainital), was taken for the administration of suryanamaskara for 60 days. The age of the subjects ranged from 28-24 years. The sampling technique used was accidental sampling. In the present study, the design used is pre-post research design. Tools used for emotional maturity scale(EMS, Dr,Yashir Singh & Dr. Mahesh Bhargava, 1973), PGI general well-being measure (PGI GWBM, Dr. S.K Verma & Dr. Amitha Verma 1989) & manuals of the emotional maturity scale and PGI general well-being measure. To observe the effect of surya namaskara on the subject, the procedure used in this study was suggested by Swami Satyananda in his book Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha and the practitioner's did it for 4-8 rounds acc. to their capacity.

Discussion

Surya namaskara practice was found to be effective on the level of emotional maturity and psychological well-being. The null hypotheses were rejected at 0.01 level of confidence. For emotional maturity the value of t is 3.08 and for psychological well-being the value of t is 2.99. Both values are greater than the value at 0.01 levels, thus proving that yoga balances harmonises and bring integration between physical and mental health.

Conclusion

Surya namaskara is useful in achieving concentration. It reduces tension built up and promotes relaxation of the whole body. Surya namaskara significantly improves both physical and cognitive functioning areas. It can also control your moods drive away depression trough fast rounds or cool down hyper activity with slow rounds.

Developing the practice of surya namaskara can have repercussions on our whole lifestyle and attitude to life. The exploration of ourselves that we initiate in our daily practices expands in concentric circles out in to our daily activity, movement, interaction with people and things, and thus helps to change our lives in a positive and a creative way.