Ranjeeta Saini
Visual impairment during
childhood hinders children's neurological progress, markedly impacting their
physical, psychological, social, and emotional health. Yoga's multifarious
approach can help children with visual impairment to cope with their
challenges. The research was conducted with an
objective to develop a Yoga based Intervention Program for Students with Visual
Impairment and to measure its impact on their health. Experimental method of
research with one group pretest-posttest design was used by the researcher. 39
visually impaired adolescent students were taken as sample chosen by Purposive
Sampling technique. The intervention program consisted of yogic prayer, warm up
exercises, asanas, pranayams, meditation etc. The program was conducted for two
months, one hour session per day for six days per week. The Cornell Medical
Index Health Questionnaire (Visually Handicapped) was used to assess the health
of students with visual impairment. The results conveyed that there was a
positive impact of Yoga Intervention Program on health of students with visual
impairment. The intervention was found successful for both the dimensions of
health i.e. physical health and psychological health. Further, yoga
intervention was found beneficial for all the sub-dimensions of physical and
psychological health.
Yoga, Health, Students with Visual Impairment
VOL.13, ISSUE No.3, September 2021