IMPACT OF MEDITATION, PRANAYAMA AND COMBINED PRACTICE ON CONCENTRATION AMONG MIDDLE AGED SEDENTARY MEN

Keywords

Meditation, Pranayama, Combined practice and Tachistoscope.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of meditation, pranayama and combined practices on concentration among middle aged sedentary men. To achieve the purpose of the study, 45 middle aged sedentary men with age ranged from 35 to 50 years. Were randomly selected as subjects from the administrative work of various departments in Chennai, Tamilnadu. The selected subjects were divided into three experimental groups and were subjected to a training program for 12 weeks. Meditation was administered to group I (n =15) and pranayama was administered to group II (n = 15) and group III (n = 15) as a combined practices group. Test was conducted for meditation, pranayama and combined practices group before and after 12 weeks training program. The tachistoscope was used to measure the concentration. The data was collected and analyzed statistically by Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to find out the significant differences. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 levels. Result: the experimental group had achieved significant improvement on meditation when compared to pranayama and combined practices group. It was also observed that the 12 weeks of meditation, pranayama and combined practices program have significantly improved the meditation practices the focusing ability and concentration on particular object and administrative work performance of middle aged sedentary men.