A Comparative Study Of Effect Of Yoga Intervention On Para Yogasana Athletes’ Yoga Attitude

Abstract

This study was carried out on the 40 males and 46 females (N=86) in the age group of 13 to 21 years who had participated at district and state level para yogasana championships across 5 states of India in the prescribed categories (blind, under 20 years of age, deaf, under 20 years of age, orthopedically handicapped- group-A, under 20 years of age, and orthopedically handicapped, group-B under 20 years of age) as per classification by Yogasana Bharat, the controlling body of yogasana sport in India. 30 minutes of Yog-Nidra session was used as an intervention for 5 weeks (3 days a week). The yoga attitude was measured pre and post intervention using the IBM SPSS version. We used descriptive and ANCOVA statistical tests for data analysis.

Results: No significant differences in yoga attitude amongst males and females as well as amongst the para yogasana athletes according to the type of disability were found. It was concluded that the yoga intervention benefited all the athletes equally, irrespective of their gender or the type of disability.