Effect of Mindfulness and Yoga on Quality of Life: A Study of Elementary School Students

ABSTRACT

Background: The current research is conducted to assess theimpact of mindfulness and yoga in an elementary school onstudent for measuring their quality of life.Materials & Methods: This is a randomized controlled trialwas utilized to assess the impact of yoga and mindfulness onthird to fifth-grade students who screened positive forsymptoms of anxiety.50 Students were selected at a random that was exposed toyoga/mindfulness activities for 18 weeks between October2018 and February 2019. The Baseline student scores beforeand after the mindfulness and yoga were gathered with thehelp of their teachers. The same were analyzed by usingpaired sample t test with SPSS software.Results: Our study showed that the group trained at least 45minutes daily have significantly improved their quality of life (pvalue <0.05). The results suggested that a yoga/mindfulnessintervention improves symptoms of anxiety among students.Conclusion: It facilitates stress management amongelementary school students and may be added as acomplement to social and emotional learning activities.