EFFECT OF YOGA AND NATUROPATHY PRACTICES ON SELECTED PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AMONG THE DIABETES PATIENTS

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“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.” ~B.K.S. Iyengar. Every day, India sees the addition of 5,000 new cases of diabetes to its current diabetic population of 65 million people. The Purpose of the present investigation was to find out the effect of yoga and naturopathy practices on psychological variables (stress and aggression) among the diabetics people. To achieve this purpose, 45 diabetics’ patients were selected randomly as subjects from various clinics of Nagercoil, Tamilnadu. And their age between 40 to 50 years. They were divided into three equal groups namely yoga practices group naturopathy practices group and control group. The yoga practices group and naturopathy groups did practices for all eight weeks. The pre and post test were taken for all subjects before and after the training respectively. The data pertaining to the variables in this were examined by using dependent T- test and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).The eight weeks of yoga and naturopathy practices on psychological variables improved the among the diabetics patients. Key words: Aggression, diabetes, naturopathy, stress, yoga