DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i07.059

Pages: 2565-2568

Improving and maintaining quality of life for a healthy individual is a critical need in the modern lifestyle. Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is a home-based and long term strategy which is scientifically acknowledged for its positive health impact. A randomized controlled trial among two hundred healthy subjects was conducted to assess the effect of SKY on bio-physiological parameters. One hundred subjects who practice SKY were included in the study group while another hundred non-practitioners of SKY were put in the control group. Before the start of the study Systolic blood pressure, Diastolic blood pressure, Pulse rate and Lipid profile was recorded as baseline parameters and follow up was done after three months. A highly significant difference was observed between the mean values of systolic & diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, triglyceride and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (p<0.001). The hypocholestrimic action of SKY can be a key to success in the prevention of derangement of lipid profile and blood pressure which are major risk factors for many cardiac diseases.