A COMMUNITY-BASED CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON YOGA PRACTICE AMONG FEMALES IN KANPUR UTTAR PRADESH

Background: Over the past few decades, yoga has been increasingly integrated into various health and wellness programs, supported by growing evidence of its benefits across physical, mental, and emotional domains. Aim and Objective: To study the yoga practice among females. Methodology: This was a Cross sectional study carried out in the shiwalik society of kanpur. A total of 183 females of age group 10-60 years residing in shiwalik society, kalyanpur, Kanpur were included in the study, for at least one year, by self-administered online questionnaire to assess the prevalence and pattern of yoga practice and association of factors influencing them. Results: In the present study a total of 54.1% females in the society were practicing yoga, majority of them belonged to more than 40 years of age group, practicing mostly at home with the help of mobile phones 2-3 days a week, for at least 20-30 minutes for the purpose of physical fitness and stress reduction.