Impact of Ashtanga Yoga Practices and Music Therapy on Selected Biochemical Variable Among Gestational Diabetic Women

The present study was designed to find out the effect of Ashtanga Yoga practices without music therapy on Biochemical Variables among Gestational Diabetic Women.. To achieve the purpose of the study, 45 Gestational Diabetic Women from Erode aged between 25 and 35 years. The Experimental group I and II underwent Ashtanga Yoga practices with and without music therapy for the period of 6 weeks of an hour in the morning. The control group was not exposed to any specific training but they participated in the regular activities. The pre-test and post-test were conduct before and after the training for three groups. The data pertaining to the variables collected from the three groups before and after the training period were statistically analyzed by using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to determine the significant difference and tested at 0.05 level of significance.