EFFECT OF YOGIC PRACTICES WITH AND WITHOUT DIET MODIFICATIONS ON SELECTED PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AMONG WORKING MIDDLE AGED MEN

It is now well-known that disorders of stress are increasing at a faster rate all over the world.  This is mainly due to the fact that there is too much of urbanization, industrialization and sedentary life style.  The stress diseases occur in persons who are exposed to too much of stress and strain of life, because of various environmental factors.  All these factors produce changes not only at the psychological level, but also in the brain and autonomic nervous system, leading to development of disease in one of the weak organs of an individual. Yoga has a solution for all these problems. The aim of the study was to find out whether there would be any significant difference in Resting pulse rate due to the yogic practices with and without Diet modifications among working middle aged men.