Abstract

In recent years many studies and researches conducted all across the world proved that yoga is useful in the physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing. In today’s world a huge crowd of student appearing for competitive exam. The students entering new academic and competitive world experience higher academic work load and family expectations. Due to their immaturity and uncertainty that they seem not to have any control over the situation.The study involved 50 first-year MBBS students to assess the effects of yogic practices on anxiety levels during routine activities before examinations. The result of the indicated a statistically significant reduction in not only the number of failures but also in the anxiety level of student. With reference to this the Indian Government should keep the special practice hours for yoga and pranayama from the school itself. This will not only maintain the physical, mental, social wellbeing of the school going student but also prepare their mind for accepting the new challenges and managing stress for future