EFFECT OF YOGA PRACTICE ON ACADEMIC MOTIVATION AMONG DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY STUDENTS

Motivational orientation refers to the motivational attitude that the student adopts in learning inside the classroom, and thus the student integrates it into school activities for internal or external reasons. Students' motivational attitudes and beliefs about the learning process are related to cognitive engagement and classroom performance. Motivation is the activation of goal-oriented behaviour. Motivation is said to be intrinsic or extrinsic. The term is generally used for humans but, theoretically, it can also be used to describe the causes for animal behaviour as well. Various theories state that, motivation may be rooted in the basic need to minimize physical pain and maximize pleasure, or it may include specific needs such as eating and resting, or a desired object, hobby, goal, state of being, ideal, or it may be attributed to less-apparent reasons such as altruism, selfishness, morality, or avoiding mortality. This article studies the effect of yoga practice on academic motivation among experimental and control group of disadvantaged community students with reference to gender.