Effectiveness of Yoga Therapy and Chakra Meditation on Biochemical Variables in Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a common metabolic disease that is typified by insulin resistance and persistent hyperglycemia. Yoga therapy, which combines physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation, has shown promising results in improving biochemical variables such as fasting blood glucose, HbA1c and other diabetics related issues.

Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the therapeutic effect of yoga practices on selected biochemical variables among middle aged men.

Materials and Methods: To achieve the purpose of the study (N=36) thirty-six middle aged men were selected from Manavalakkalai SKY yoga centre in Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, India as subjects. The age of the subjects ranged from 35 to 45 years. The selected subjects were divided into three groups (n=12). Experimental Group-1 underwent asana, pranayama and relaxation techniques. Experimental Group II underwent asana, pranayama, relaxation techniques and chakra meditation. Group-III acted as control group who did not undergo any training program other than their routine. The biochemical variables such as fasting blood glucose, post prandial blood glucose and HbA1c were selected as dependent variables and they were assessed by Glucose oxidase peroxidase (Trinder,1969) method and (Jeppsson, J. O., et al. (2002).) Method. The subjects were concerned with their yoga practices for a period of three months, six days per week. The collected data from three groups prior to and immediately after the training programme on selected criterion variables were statistically analysed with analysis of covariance. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 for all the cases to test the hypothesis. Results: The result of the study reveals that the yoga practices training group-I &II achieved significant improvement on selected biochemical variables such as fasting blood glucose, post prandial blood glucose and HbA1c among middle aged men type-2 diabetic patients.