Page No.90-94
Hardeo Ojha, Kumar Purushottam and Niranjan Prasad Yadav
T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur
The study was undertaken to see the effect of 4 – month’s integral yogic training and
practices imparted in Bihar school of Yoga (BSY), Munger on adjustment in home,
health, social and emotional areas and some personality traits viz., neuroticism,
psychoticism, extraversion, ego – strength and security. For this a experimental –
control before – after design was followed. Four months training and practice of Raj
Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnan Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Mantra Sadhna, Community
Living and Yogic Diet constituted the intervention programme. One hundred four
subjects admitted in a certificate course in yogic studies of BSY, Munger served as
experimental group and the same number of students reading in colleges of Munger
served as control group. The tests administered to the groups were Bell’s Adjustment
Inventory, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and Mohsin Security – Insecurity Test.
The results revealed that as a consequence of integral yogic training and practices
there was improvement in adjustment in all areas, rise in security and ego – strength
and decline in neuroticism and psychoticism
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