Impact of ‘Medhayoga Programme’ of Art of Living Foundation on Youth in Kerala

This study has been conducted on the ‘Medha yoga programme’ of Art
of Living Foundation on Youth in Kerala. The duration of this program is for six
days. The chief benefit of ‘Medhayoga programme’ is to make the youth
emotionally stable and lead a confident life. This programme consists of
meditation, yoga, interactive games, team work experience, interactive processes,
various breathing techniques and rhythmic breathing techniques. The main
objectives of this study are to study about the benefits of ‘Medha yoga
Programme’, to study about the perception of youth regarding ‘Medhayoga
Programme’ on total sample and subsample with respect to gender, to study about
the perception of youth regarding the various dimensions of ‘Medhayoga
Programme’ on total sample. 375 youngsters from Malappuram, Thrissur,
Palakkad, Kannur and Ernakulum districts are selected for the subjects of the
study. It consists of 205 male and 170 female participants. The statistical
techniques ‘percentage analysis’ is used for analysing the collected data. The
study revealed that on the basis of gender wise analysis boy participants shows
high satisfactory level than the girls. Likewise, on the basis of dimension wise
analysis, the dimension ‘confidence’ shows high satisfactory level of participants
and the dimension ‘emotional balance’ shows low satisfactory level of participants.