Statistical Study of the Yoga on Mental Health among Children of the Residential School

Abstract

This paper summarizes the statistical evidence on the effects of yoga interventions on various components of mental health. Tension, stress, anxiety, depression or traumatic experiences are some mental illness. Adolescence is a stage in one’s life when a variety of mental health problems are more likely to develop. In the present study, yoga has been shown to be effective in reducing mental imbalance conditions. We perform our study over school children of age group 8-14 of Birla Education Trust’s residential school at Pilani. We involve 276 male and female students from Birla Public School, Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Birla School for an experiment. Different tests are conducted before and after yoga to measure mental status and results are compared statistically. All inferences are depicted in tables and conclusions are drawn in the last.