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Īfter earning a degree in physics at Allahabad University in 1942, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became an assistant and disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (also known as Guru Dev), the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of the Jyotir Math in the Indian Himalayas. He became known as Maharishi (meaning "great seer") and Yogi as an adult. The conclusion was that the SKY practices help to decrease stress level among adolescent girls.Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma, 12 January 1918? – 5 February 2008) was the creator of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and leader of the worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways, including as a new religious movement and as non-religious. Hence the hypothesis was accepted at 0.05 level of confidence. The statistical findings of the study revealed that the stress level of the students of Experimental group, the practitioners of Simplified Kundalini Yoga significantly decreased than the Control group.

Analyze of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) was used as a statistical tool to find out the significant differences. Lesser the score, lesser the stress level. Stress level was assessed with the help of Everly Girdano(1980) stress scale questionnaire which consists of statements with four options and the score ranges from 0 to 42. Pre-test and post-test were conducted before and after the training program for both the groups. Subjects of Control group were allowed to continue with their normal day to day life routine during the Experimental period and were not given any yogic practices. SKY practices include Simplified Yogic Physical Exercises, Simplified Kayakalpa Yogic Exercises, Introspection and Meditation practices.

The duration of practice time for Experimental group, for first two weeks was 45 minutes, duly increasing the practice time from 45 minutes to 60 minutes during 3rd and 4th weeks and from 60 minutes to 90 minutes during 5th and 6th weeks. The Experimental group underwent Simplified Kundalini Yogic practices in a schedule of weekly five days from Monday to Friday for six weeks. Adolescent girls aged between 13 and 15 years were selected at randomly and divided into an Experimental group and a Control group with 15 subjects each. For achieving the purpose of the study a total of 30 adolescent girls were selected at random as samples from Government Higher Secondary school, Thiruvallur District. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant difference in stress level among adolescent girls due to the influence of SKY practices than the control group. The purpose of the present study was to find out the effect of Simplified Kundalini Yoga (SKY) practices on stress among adolescent girls.