The COVID-19 pandemic has affected various lives in various ways and this can be stressful for a big share of this population (almost for everyone). A person's work performance, family life and physical and mental health can be affected badly by stress. Stress is body's natural response towards situations such as threat which causes physiological changes in the body. This prepares us for coping with the stressful situations. Stress response is also known as "flight or fight response"... During this time of pandemic it is important to cope with our anxiety and fear to come out of this day to day stressful situation. The study aimed at understanding the techniques in the form of yoga, physical exercise or any other practiced by females and males to reduce the level of stress and the perceived barriers to practice yoga in their life.