Effect of short-term yoga based stress management program on mood states of managers

Pages: 150-152
Rabindra M.A., Pradhan B. and Nagendra H.R. (Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore)

The manager’s come across challenging situations in there day to day working environment. The demanding conditions produces lot of variations in their mood profile, which in turn leads to stress and strain and end up in physical illness. Solution to tackle the mood fluctuation is a need of hour. To evaluate the effect of 5 days yoga based Self-Management of Excessive Tension (SMET) on profile of mood states of managers. A single pre-post pilot study was conducted on seventy seven managers recruited from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The negative moods sub-scale of POMS was significantly reduced following SMET program. Whereas positive mood sub-scale improved but there was non-significant. Intense five days yoga based SMET program shown enhanced of profile of mood in manages.