International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The present study aimed is the treatment and prevention of common postural deformities through Yoga asana. There are many concepts and views regarding posture and its significance. The posture means body position. It is the specific position of a person while setting, standing walking, lying etc. Good posture is the image of good personality.  The posture changes from individual to individual. One posture which may be considered good for one individual may not hold true for another. Bad posture decreases in or personality and it leads to many health problems. There are numbers of postural deformities which may either be acquired or may be congenital. Each type of postural deviation has its own peculiar causes and effects. Each postural deformities, therefore, demands and required proper attention and pacific treatment for correcting the same.

Keywords: Yoga, Asana, posture, Deformity.