The Study of Implusiveness and Nadi Shodhan among Youngsters

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19563502

Deeba Huda Sethi and Neerja Pandey (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

The present study focused on a purposively selected sample of 10 young adults aged between 18 to 25 years who demonstrated high impulsivity, as indicated by their scores on BIS-11. We report a pre-post study in which these participants who were balanced at 5 males and 5 females, did a 21-day regime of Nadi Shodhan (Anulom Vilom) pranayama which they did for 10 minutes per session under supervised practice. Also noted was that impulsive behavior is an issue that presents during early adulthood and that which we looked at includes issues related to attention, behavioral control, and delayed gratification. Also, we looked at the impact of that pranayama practice on that. We evaluated impulsivity before the intervention and after the intervention through the total BIS-11 score. (Patton, Stanford, & Barratt, 1995) and sub scale BIS-11 (Patton, Stanford, & Barratt, 1995) score of impulsivity. Overall impulsivity clearly decreased after the intervention. Improvements were most substantial for attentional and motor impulsivity, while decreases in non-planning impulsivity were the least substantial. Although male participants scored higher on impulsivity at the beginning, they had greater decreases after the practice, helping close the gap between genders. These outcomes indicate that deviation from the norm, self-regulation, control of attention, and behavioral restraint can be improved in the impulsive young adults through practicing Nadi Shodhan pranayama for just a short period of time. This practice is also a promising option for addressing impulsivity in a non-pharmacological manner.