Effect of Yoga on Participants of Certificate Teacher Training Course (Yoga) of East Ahmedabad City, India

Abstract

Yoga is recognized as a form of psychosomatic medicine that integrates a person's physical, mental and spiritual components to improve aspects of health, particularly stress-related ailments. It has been shown to contribute to chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and stroke. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Convenient and purposive sampling was used to collect the data because the data was gathered during the COVID-19 second wave i.e. from February 2021 to May 2021. All the participants included in the study (89) were enrolled for YOG TRAINER PROGRAM under Gujarat Yog Board and practiced yoga daily from 5am to 7am regularly for 2 months. Oral consent was taken from the participant prior to that of data collection. Paired t test was used to calculate the significant difference between the before and after BMI’s and WHR’s of the participants. RESULTS: Out of 89 participants around 70% participants were found with the visceral fat above normal range. 68 participants had BMI above normal range. 47 had waist hip ratio over normal range (> 0.85). 100% participants had abnormal (above normal) Body fat. 67 participants showed body age difference of 10+ years. Though the samples suffered from higher obesity 66%, 54% and 73% didn’t showed any effects of depression, anxiety and stress respectively. CONCLUSION: Regular practice of Yoga decreased participants visceral fat & body fat around 1-2 units/month. And weight around 2-4 kgs/month. Approximately 15% people normalized their body BMI and 20% normalized their WHR (waist hip ratio). 2 participants were able to overcome to regulate the thyroxine production and stop the regular thyroid medication.