DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2023.v11i04.003

Pages: 71-75

Meditation is the ancient way to heal and improve the physical body, emotional status, and mental peace of human beings on earth. The present study aims to observe the effect of Sahaja yoga meditation on 105 school children to develop their mutual behaviour with children independently, their learning style, and ease level at home. The class 9th students from New English School, Landewadi, Pune, India, were subjected to questionnaire related to requirement of teacher or parent support to develop their mutual behaviour with other students, how they prefer to learn and how they feel after return from school at their home. Then, they practiced Sahaja Yoga meditation for 30 minutes every day in presence of Sahaja yoga instructor at school and for 10-15 min at home for 30 days. The students were again subjected to questionnaire after 30 days of meditation session. The data was analysed by McNemar's test. The results showed that the students significantly approached towards independent mutual behaviour with other students, better learning style, higher self-esteem, more relaxed, and less busy on reaching home from school, after practicing Sahaja yoga meditation for 30 days.