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Hemadri Kumar Sao, Santosh Kumar Vishvakarma
Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar
Surendra Kumar Sia
Pondicherry University, Puducherry
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Impact of pranakarshan pranayam on anxiety along with two anxiety related
parameters -galvanic skin resistance (GSR) and alpha-electroencephalogram
(EEG) was investigated in order to assess its efficacy as an inexpensive
therapeutic technique. A sample of 68 participants (40 to 60 years of age) was
drawn from the regular visiting devotees of Shantikunj, Hardwar (India). These
participants were divided into two groups (experimental and control) through
randomization. Both groups consisted of 34 subjects each. Experimental group
was subjected to regular half an hour practice of paranayam for the period of
three months. Sinha’s comprehensive anxiety test was used to measure anxiety.
Galvanic skin resistance (GSR) and alpha EEG (electroencephalogram) brain
waves were also investigated for the validation of results. Data was analysed by
using student t-test. Clinically significant results were found at .01 levels. Results
imply that pranakarshan pranayam can be very effective as a therapeutic
technique against anxiety.