Effect of pranayama and meditation on selected physical and physiological variables in high school student

Thirty boys in the group of 12 to 15 years were selected from Mahatma Fule Vidhalaya Talodhi. The subject divided into two groups namely Control group and Experimental group. The Experimental group was given Pranayama and meditation for a period of twelve weeks, both morning and evening on alternative days in a week. The Control group not participate in pranayama and meditation training programme. The collected data were statistically analyzed by using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The Experiment group had a significant improvement on the selected physical and physiological variable except Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure than that of Control group.