Pranayama Practioners and Brisk Walking Group on Breath Holding Time and Concentration Among Sedantary Woman

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of pranayama and brisk walking practices on Breath holding time and concentration among sedentary Women. To achieve the purpose of the study, 45 middle aged sedentary women with age ranged from 30 to 40 years. Were randomly selected as subjects from the administrative work of various departments in trichy, Tamilnadu. The selected subjects were divided into three experimental groups and were subjected to a training program for 12 weeks. Pranayama Prctioners was administered to group I (n =15) and Brisk Walking was administered to group II (n = 15) and group III (n = 15) as a Control group group. Test was conducted for Pranayama Prctioners, Brisk Walking and Control groups before and after 12 weeks training program. The tachistoscope was used to measure the concentration. The data was collected and analyzed statistically by Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to find out the significant differences. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 levels. Result: the experimental group had achieved significant improvement on Pranayama Prctioners and Brisk Walking when compared to Control group. It was also observed that the 12 weeks of Pranayama Prctioners, Brisk Walking and Control Group program have significantly improved the Breath holding time, focusing ability in concentration on particular object and administrative work performance of middle aged sedentary Woman.