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Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & English Language , Online ISSN 2348-3083, SJ IMPACT FACTOR 2016 = 4.44, www.srjis.com UGC Approved Sr. No.48612, OCT- NOV 2017, VOL- 4/24

A STUDY OF THE ATTITUDE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS OF PUNJAB TOWARDS YOGA Anurag Asija, Ph. D. Assistant Professor, Maharishi Dayanand College of Education, ABOHAR Scholarly Research Journal's is licensed Based on a work at www.srjis.com Introduction In modern life, people generally try to accomplish too much in too little time, consequently they accumulate a lot of stress in their lives. In that time, yoga plays an important role to alleviate the stress and rejuvenate the body. In the times, yoga was a form of Bhakti. Rishi Patanjali, rightly called the father of yoga, who around 200 b.c. gave us the present literary form of yoga doctrine in his famous treaties Yoga Sutra. In modern times, the value of yoga is being increasingly recognized for general and it‟s preventive and curative effects. Yoga does not conceive man having a physical body but on the contrary, it emphasizes the greater values of the mind which characterizes his personality, Thus, yoga leads to ultimate physical health and happiness together with the achieve of mental and patience. Meaning of Yoga The word „YOGA is a noun derived from the root „Yujir‟ mean „to mean‟ or „to connect‟ The root „Yuj‟ is supposed to mean at least two things – to control (YujSamyamane) and to contemplate )Yug-Samadhav). Therefore, yoga implies joining or union, with all one‟s potentials mental, physical and spiritual, There are 8 limbs known as „Ashtanga Yoga‟. Yoga is the control of thought waves in the mind. Then man abides in his real nature.” Types of Yoga There are Five systems of Yoga which are called the types of Yoga. Hatha Yoga: Hatha, In Sanskrit means determined efforts. This form of yoga is so called because it involves great efforts, physical as well as mental, requiring a firm determination to continue the efforts till the attainment of the goal Bhakti Yoga: Bhakti in sankrit means devotion. It is argued that through the practice of Bhakti an individual can keep up his peace of mind and satisfaction regardless of pain and pleasure. Copyright © 2017, Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies

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Karma Yoga: The central idea of Karma Yoga is that if we perform various acts without being concentrated with any particular effect Jnana Yoga: Jnana in sankrit means knowledge.Jnana Yoga is based on the fact that the mind which has been purified by dispelling all impurities such as passions, desires, fears,cravings etc. becomes capable of understanding the real nature of things including the self. Importance of Yoga The greatest need of the hour is yoga for all boys and girls,young and old, house holders and business men. Yoga alone has the potentiality to give what we expect of life. Yogic practice provide individual with refreshing positive thinking, self confidence, analytic approach, smooth and calm mental stability and strong will power. The great advantage of yoga is that enhances our work efficiently as a result of soundness of our health. But is does not mean that if everyone practice yoga there would be no un-happiness or ill-health, but think that our way of living would be transformed. Statement of the Problem The rationale presented above and review of related literature shows the need for study of attitude towards yoga. Hence the following problem was entitled for study“A study of the Attitude of college Students of Punjab towards Yoga” What Is Attitute According to Allport (1935), “ A mental and neural state of readiness, organized through experience, exerting a directive or dynamic influence upon the individual‟s response to a objects with which it is related.” According to Charles, E. Skinner (1961) “ Attitude is usually generalized disposition towards a group of people or an institution” According to Good (1961) “Attitude is a state of mental and emotional readiness to react to situation, person or things in a manner in harmony with a habitual pattern. Objectives 1.

To study the attitude of college students of Punjab towards yoga.

To study the difference between the attitude of boys and girls students towards

various programmes of yoga. 3.

To study the difference between the attitude of students of degree colleges and

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To study the difference between the attitude of students of degree colleges and

colleges of education towards yoga. Scope of the Study The present study deals with only to measure the attitude of college students of Punjab towards yoga. The study is confined to B.Ed. students and degree college students of Punjab. Related Studies A number of studies in this field have been reported by Gharote (1974), Haven (1978), Gupta (1979), Arora (1986),Tiwari (1989), Sharma (2000), Batani and Meetu (2002). Hypotheses 1.

There is no significant difference between the attitude of boys and girls students

toward yoga. 2.

There is no significant difference between the attitude of science and arts students

towards yoga. 3.

There is no significant difference between the attitude of students towards yoga of

degree colleges and colleges of education. Methods Standardized Scale of attitude towards yoga by Sarv Shakti Arora (1989) was used to test the attitude of college students toward yoga. Statistical Techniques The following statistical techniques were used: 1. Mean ; 2. S.D. (Standard Deviation) 3. T-ratio was used to test the significance of difference between menas. Tesing of Hypotheses 1.

It has been found that 6-ratio is not significant at both 05 level and 01 level in case of

null hypotheses of 1 and 2 (Boys and girls students, Science and arts students) Hence it is clear that null hypotheses are not rejected. Hence boys and girls student and science and arts do not differ significantly in case of having attitude towards yoga. 2.

t-ratio is not significant at .01level but significant at 0.05 level in case of null

hypothesis of 3 (students of B.Ed. colleges and degree colleges). Hence it is clear that null Copyright ÂŠ 2017, Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies

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hypothesis is rejected at.05 level but it is not rejected at .01 level. So students of degree college and college of education differ significantly at .05 level but not at .01 level. Conclusion It is clear that both boys and girls students and science and arts students are equally inclined to yoga. Hence all of them should be involved to yoga. B.Ed. students have more favorable attitude towards yoga than degree college students. So, the attitude of degree college students towards yoga should be developed by some different activities e.g. organizing camps on yoga. They can also be inspired to take part in practicing yoga actively. The study as revealed is that in general, students are in favour of and do not oppose the various programmes relating to yoga in schools and colleges. References: All Port, G.W.- Attitude in Murchison,C.(Ed.) A hand book of social Pyschology”. Warchlester, Mass, Clark Univ. Press 1935 Arora, S.S. (1986) “ Development and Standardization of Attitude Scale Towards Yoga “ M.Ed. Dissertation, Panjab University, Chandigarh Charles, E. Skinner : “Essentials of Educational Psychology” ,1961 P.176 Devi, B. and M. (2002)- “ Effectiveness of selected Yogic Exercise on Anxiety and adjustment of Eleventh Graders”.In Recent Research in Education and Psychology, Vol 8 Nos.111-IV,2003 Gharote, M.L.(1974)-“ Physical Fitness in relation to practice of selected Yoga Exercise” Ph.D.An.Throp. Poona University Good, C.V. (Ed.)- “ Dictionary of Education(2nd) N.Y. Haughton , 1961 Gupta, R.C.(1979)-“ Yogic Culture and modern man” Simla Sadhu Vaswani Mission Haven, H.H.(1978)-“ Medical and psychological Scientific Research on Yoga and Meditation “ Peo, Scandinvian Yoga Meditation and School” Sharma, H.L. (1981)- The psychodynamics of Yoga, GDK Publications 3623, Chawari Bazar, Delhi Tiwari, R.H. (1989)- : Fifth Survey of Educational Research “ Volume 1,1988-92