Impact of Astanga Yoga and Kayakalpa Practices on Selected Physiological Variable Among Male Geriatric People

Yoga is a part of Indian culture and Religion. People believed the origin of yoga was Ancient India. Between 4000 B.C. and 2000 B.C. artifacts of Indus Valley Civilization showed figures in seated, cross legged poses, and symbols later associated with yoga. The study was undertaken with the aim to observe the impact of astanga yoga and kayakalpa practices on selected physiological variable among male geriatric people. For this study totally 45 male geriatric people were selected as subjects from Adampakkam Manavalakalai Mandram, Chennai. Their age ranged between 60 to 70 years. They were divided in to three groups. Experimental group I –astanga yoga with kayakalpa practices , Experimental group II- astanga yoga without kayakalpa practices and group III –control group (no intervention). The data was collected from three groups prior to training and after 6 weeks of astanga yoga with and without kayakalpa practices . Analysis of covariance was used to find out the significant difference between the three groups. The level of significance at 0.05%. The results proved that the regular astanga yoga and kayakalpa practices helped to significantly reduce the physiological variable in diastolic blood pressure.