Efficacy of Yoga Sadhana on Self-Efficacy Level of Annamalai University Students

Abstract

Yoga is an innermost journey that creates a consciousness of yourself and leads you to self-conversion. It is an olden science of India that emerges with the coming out of culture and society.. However, for a layman Yoga and Ashtanga yoga are two similar concepts. But actually Yoga is a wide concept and Ashtanga-yoga is one of the types of Yoga. Ashtanga-yoga generally suggests Yama, niyama ,Asanas, Pranayamas,Prateyahara, dharana, dhyana , samadhi. In the present study we are concerned only with Asanas, Pranyamas, and Meditation. The objective of this study is to examine the effect of Asanas, Pranayamas and Dhyana on Self-efficacy level of college-students. This is an experimental study which follows pre & post-test experimental designs. A group of 45 volunteer Female students studying in B.Ed. class have been selected from the campus of Annamalai University. The age group range lies between 20 to 25 years. Furthermore, these 45 students have been divided equally into three groups on random basis, consisting of 15 students each. Group A has given some select Yogasanas, Group B has given some select Pranayamas and Meditation, and Group C is a controlled group and has not given any type of exercise except general warming-up exercises. Here Group A and B have gone through yogic Practices for one hour daily during evening session for 5 days per week during eight-week training program under strict supervision of the researcher. All the three groups has been pre-tested and post-tested for select Self-regulated Learning component, i.e. self-efficacy. The study has experimentally proved the authenticity of Yogic Practices in ornamental the Self-efficacy level of female college students. Moreover, the results clearly indicate that Pranayama and Meditation are more effective than Asana in enhancing Self-efficacy level of female students.