A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF CALLISTHENIC EXERCISES AND YOGIC ASANAS ON FLEXIBILITY OF GIRL STUDENTS
Abstract
The advancement of science and technology, though a boon to mankind, is leaving behind a dark path which man has to endure with. Life of the modern man is so comfortable among machines, computers and fact locomotion that he feels uneasy when he is away from them. Much of man’s task is being done by machines and computers and made most men unfit, feel painful and leave them in agony. One such spot is of stiffness in body. Man has started to divide and innovate new ways to overcome this stiffness. The oriented India had designed a set of exercises way back 4,000 years, which is called as yogic practice which if practiced under set regulations may cure most common diseases. Asanas are postural patterns which are to be achieved slowly, maintained for sometime steadily and released again in slow and smooth manner to train the body and mind in such a way that necessary equilibrium is established in over all functions.
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