Volume : 9, Issue : 2, FEB 2023

2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON YOGA FOR GLOBAL WELL-BEING (Shree Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, Amravati (M.S.) INDIA)

EFFECTS OF YOGA PRACTICES ON DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNITY

SARITA S. NIMGARE

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to know the effects of yoga in enhancement of immunity. It was overall six months study carried out at Yoga Centre, Ashti. Sixty individuals, thirty males and thirty females were selected for the present study. Control group and Experimental group were having fifteen males and fifteen females each. Complete blood count and Differential blood count of control and experimental individuals were measured before and after the study because by these tests we would able to know the immunity of individuals.

The results of the present study showed remarkable changes in average values of Complete blood count and Differential blood count of experimental males and females after 6 months practice of yoga. The average total WBC Counts of males in experimental group raised from 5478/cumm to 6788/cumm and of females increased from 5347/cumm to 6549/cumm after the 6 months practice of yoga. Values of RBC Counts also showed rise from 4.5 ml/cumm to 5.3 ml/cumm in experimental males and from 4.3 ml/cumm to 5.1 ml/cumm after practicing yoga. Hemoglobin percentage was also increased from 12.3gm% to 13.7gm% in males and 11.5% to 12.8 gm% in females after yoga practice.

The differential blood count showed remarkable increase in average counts different types of White Blood Cells from 57% to 62% in males and 47% to 51% in females in Neutrophils, from 25% to 35% in males and 23% to 31% in females in Lymphocytes, from 04% to 05% in males and 3.6% to 04% in females in Monocytes. Decrease in Eosinophil counts was observed from 2.0% to 1.5% in experimental males and from 1.5% to 01% in females after completion of experiment. These results indicated the improvement in immunity of experimental group of individuals after yoga practice.

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