Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2018
Study of Yoga Awareness in urban area of Kolhapur District of Western Maharashtra.
Dr. Deepmala J. Yadav, Dr. Jeevankumar U. Yadav
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Background: Yoga is no longer a mysterious phenomenon. Yoga is a tool for gaining body and mind awareness to achieve whatever religious or spiritual believes you have. Methods: Study conducted at Kasaba Bawda & Kadamwadi area of Kolhapur. 510 subjects selected randomly above age of 15 years from July to August 2015. Results: More number of males (52.63%) practicing yoga as compared to females (47.37%). Majority 68.04% knows some health benefits of yoga. 60% correctly know the steps in suryanamaskar. 63.53% subjects opined that yoga should be included in school syllabus. 59.02% had very positive attitude towards yoga. 43.53% are going to encourage others for practicing yoga. Yoga should be learnt and practiced in earlier phase of life before 15 years according to 40.78% subjects. Conclusions: The percentage of practicing Yoga is still very low, there has been a wakeup call to rethink about one’s physical and mental health. The people have come to recognize Yoga as much more than a form of exercise with growing demand.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijar
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Study of Yoga Awareness in urban area of Kolhapur District of Western Maharashtra. , Dr. Deepmala J.Yadav, Dr. Jeevankumar U.Yadav , INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8|Issue-12| December-2018
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Study of Yoga Awareness in urban area of Kolhapur District of Western Maharashtra. , Dr. Deepmala J.Yadav, Dr. Jeevankumar U.Yadav , INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8|Issue-12| December-2018
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