A Comprehensive Stress Management with The Help of Bhramari Pranayama and Counselling in College Going Students

Abstract

In today’s competitive world, fast and time bound lifestyle, Academic performance, peer pressure, Parental pressure and other stressors causes stressful condition in their day-to-day life. This stress, when left un-attended, may lead to long term mental, physical disorders and might also lead to poor academic performances. Therefore, it’s crucial, especially for students, to manage this stress time to time by practicing Meditation and Yoga.  Bhramari Pranayama is one of significant type of ashtanga yoga and very easy to practice.  Therefore, a guided & structured counselling program would help students to understand the cause of the stress, and find steps to manage and reduce it. Aim -To reduce the stress with the help of Bhramari Pranayam and counselling in college going students and provide a framework for a holistic approach to student academic career. Material & Methods - The present study is based on primary & secondary sources of data mainly collected from literature studies of various Ayurvedic Samhitas & texts as well as numerous published research articles. Results & Conclusions- This study illustrates that Bhramari Pranayama and counselling plays an important role in stress management and reduces the risk of long term mental and physical disorders. There is a considerable scope to study the effect of Bhramari Pranayama through clinical trials to develop the present study.

Keywords: Stress Management, Bhramari Pranayama, Mental health, Counselling