Abstract
Education may also be considered as a product. A person is said to be educated, when he acquires knowledge, skills, attitudes etc. Yoga is a complete science of life that originated in India thousands of years ago. It is considered the oldest system of personal development in the world encompassing body, mind and spirit. Yoga harmonies our growth through balance and it promotes the total development. Quality of performance has become the key factor for individual progress. The desire for the high academic achievements gives a lot of pressure on pupils, teachers, schools and in general educational system. Yoga helps the students for promoting the Emotional Maturity. In human development yoga training and practices would improve the quality of life by improving the health of human beings (i.e. Physical, mental, emotional and spiritual). It enhances the quality of life by improving skills and motor ability. Purpose of the study was to find out the effectiveness of Yogic practices on Emotional Maturity of senior secondary school students of Chandigarh. To achieve the purpose of the study one hundred (100) senior secondary school students were selected randomly. Students were selected from two Government schools of Chandigarh. The students were divided into two groups. One was control group and the other was experimental group. In each group fifty students were present. The Experimental group has been given the twelve weeks’ yoga training in the school campus. The training was given in the morning session with a minimum time duration of 90 minutes per session with different types of Shatkriyas, asanas, pranayamas and meditation including slow warming up exercises. On the other hand, control group has not given any yoga training. Mean scores of pre-test and post-test groups were taken and their scores were recorded. The emotional maturity of the students was collected with Emotional Maturity Scale by Yashvir Singh and Dr. Mahesh Bhargava. The data was analyzed statistically by computing mean, standard deviation and ‘t’test. The significant result was found in the emotional maturity of the experimental group of students due to yogic practices. It has been observed from the results of the present study that the experimental group has the better emotional maturity than the control group because of the effectiveness of yogic practices.