• Sangappa. B. Chalageri

India has a large number of senior citizens. Yoga can be wisely applied in old age care. There is no any age restriction to practice yoga. The effect may differ by age. There is a need to study the mechanism of action of yoga with respect to age. This study was conducted in India to find the effect of yoga on mental health between young and senior people.40 normal healthy volunteers of both sexes were divided into two groups according to age. 20 participants of the age group between 65 to 75 years and 20 participants of the age group between 19 to 28 years were selected. This study was approved by the ethical committee of Karnatak University. Selected individuals were subjected to 90 min of yoga classes once or twice a week for a month. State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was given before yoga on the first day and after one month of practice to assess the change in State anxiety and Trait anxiety.Senior group – State anxiety score decreased from 41.13 ±8.43 to 30.8±6.49, Trait anxiety score reduced from 45.66±7.5 to 40.73±8.3. Younger group – State anxiety score reduced from 38.7±4.8 to 30.8±4.1,Trait anxiety score reduced from 46.2±7.9 to 42.9±9.1. Changes were statistically significant with P<0.05. Reduction in State and Trait anxiety score signifies that yoga has both immediate as well as long-term effect on anxiety reduction.Thus, yoga helps to improve the mental health in both the groups.

Mental health,State& Trait Anxiety, Stress, Yoga

"EFFECT OF YOGA ON MENTAL HEALTH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no.e203-e208, April-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304428.pdf

"EFFECT OF YOGA ON MENTAL HEALTH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no. ppe203-e208, April-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304428.pdf