Effect Of Hatha Yoga With Music On School Going Adolescents

Modern life is full of hassles, deadlines, frustrations, and demands. The

the negative impact of modern developments on the mind has led to many

mental and physical disorders among adolescents.

Because of social, technological, and various other changes taking

place, the students have to keep on learning more and more in order to

acquire and maintain a superior quality of knowledge and maintain

psychological and physical balance in life. This modern requirement of

training and equipping the mind with more than the body can endure in fact causes

strain, disorder, and even sickness in adolescents whose mind is forced to

carry a bigger load than it is capable of sustaining. Consequently, their life

becomes full of burden and they tend to live a life devoid of happiness. For

many adolescents, stress is so often experienced that it has become a way of

life. Stress is not always bad. In fact in small doses, it can help one to perform

better in academics and other fields under pressure as it motivates one to do

one's best. But when one is constantly running in emergency mode, one's

mind and body have to pay the price.

Yoga is recognized as one of the most important and valuable heritage

of India. Today the whole world is looking towards yoga for the answer to

various problems as it has proved to be useful for all persons, and for the

good of humanity. The practice of hatha yoga by using a lot of breathing and

stretching exercises apart from releasing stress helps in toning the muscles.

Similarly, music is also known to have a soothing effect on our bodies and mind.

So the practice of hatha yoga along with music further helps one to be agile and

at the same time relaxes the body and mind. It is an effective method to

obtain control of one's latent powers. The music sets the atmosphere helping

one to introspect and calming the senses. Thus hatha yoga with music can

help students to connect between mind and body to achieve a better level of

reflection and relaxation that will be facilitating better functioning to feel

motivated to achieve better in their academics and can rescue and alleviate or

eliminate many types of psychophysical ailments caused due to stress

among adolescents and generate a feeling of well-being.