A Study on the Effects of Certain Yogic Practices (Surya Namaskar andYoga Nidra) on Emotional Intelligence

Abstract

Emotional intelligence is a relatively new and growing area of behavioural research that has caught the interests of the general public, the commercial world, and the scientific community. It refers to the ability for realization, rationalization and implementation of self and other emotions in accordance with prespecified objective.Yoga is a formulated system of scientific investigation in the direction of life’s truth and integrity. Life is a continuous flow of energy in various vibrational modes. Hence alteration as well as evolution is possible in life. Yoga is also competent for rapid biological evolution in life through several alterations at psychosomatic level; present study is aimed at finding out the effects of certain yogic practices (Surya Namaskar and Yoga Nidra) on emotional intelligence of employees. The results revealed that post experiment emotional intelligence was higher than of pre-experiment