Rajyoga meditation and well being status: an exploratory study

Background: According to World health Organization (WHO) Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity. Rajyoga Meditation is a simple and scientific technique to elicit physical and mental relaxation response to change one’s attitude and transform life style. Regular practice of it brings transformation in overall wellbeing of individuals. Aim: This study is aimed at to evaluate the outcome of Rajyoga Meditation on the wellbeing status of individuals practicing Rajyoga Meditation in selected Certified Rajyoga Meditation centers of Punjab. Methods: A quantitative research approach, non experimental exploratory research design was used to evaluate wellbeing status of 150 individuals attending certified Rajyoga Meditation centers of Punjab were selected for this study with Multi- stage sampling technique by using Standardized Singh &Gupta Well-being scale. Results: The study results depicted that out of 150 individuals practicing Rajyoga meditation at certified Rajyoga meditation centers i.e 134 (89.3%) have high level of wellbeing status with mean score of 203.13 and SD 19.73 followed by 16(10.7%) have average level of Wellbeing and Level of Well-being status was significantly (p<0.05) associated with selected demographic variables such as Duration of practice of Rajyoga meditation and shift of practice of Rajyoga meditation. Conclusion: It can be concluded that Individuals attending Rajyoga meditation at certified Rajyoga meditation centers have high wellbeing status.