The effect of Breath awareness and M kara chanting in individual with Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Yoga is an ancient practice for maintaining health at physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and intellectual levels. Yoga includes Yama, niyama, kriyas, asanas, pranayama, pratyahara, dharna, dhyana, samadhi. Yoga plays a major role in management of anxiety, as anxiety is the most common mental health disorder and becoming a global threat with rapid increase in its prevalence. The purpose of this study is to find short and effective ways of managing anxiety in day-to-day life. This study aims to see the effect of breath awareness and ‘M’ kara chanting on anxiety. To access the efficiency of breath awareness and ‘M’ kara chanting in managing anxiety. To access the effect of breath awareness and ‘M’ kara chanting on general well-being and quality of life of participation. The study is a randomized controlled trial with a sample size of 60 including both males and females of age 17 to 25 years. The sample will be randomized into two equal groups of 30 participants by help of computer-generated randomization. Intervention group will receive breath awareness and ‘M’ kara chanting’s for 15 mins each and control group will receive supine rest for 15 mins for the period of 10 days. The Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire and Visual Analogue Scale will be administered at baseline and at 10th day. The data will be collected, and result will be drawn based on p value by using t test.Outcomes will be Improvements in psychological well-being, quality of life, overall mental health alleviation are anticipated in case groups, even with the short duration of intervention and Comparative efficacy will be determined to see if yogic techniques like breath awareness and ‘M’ kara chanting’s are superior in managing anxiety related health outcomes over a short period of time.