Effect of Yogic Practices on Anxiety and Feeling of Well-Being amongst Parents of Mentally Challenged Adolescents

Savita Gahlawat

Abstract


The study was designed to examine whether practice of yoga has a positive effect on the anxiety and feeling of well-being amongst parents of mentally challenged adolescents. The sample consisted of 20 parents of mentally challenged students drawn purposively from Chandigarh. A Yoga training programme was designed and the subjects were exposed to it for a period of four weeks.

Keywords


Yoga, Anxiety, Feeling of Well-being and Parents of mentally challenged adolescents.

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