Yoga being the age-old Indian method of healthy life is very effective in

reducing fat in human beings. Keeping in view the benefits of Yoga in maintaining

health and fitness present research work has been conducted on 30 obese females of

30 to 40 years of age group. These females had a BMI higher than the normal range of 18

to 25. for this cross-sectional study all subjects were randomly divided into two

groups. control and experimental group. these groups were further evaluated as pre

and post-experimental groups to check the effect of Suryanamaskar and Pranayama on

obesity. Parameters taken for the study were height(cm), weight(kg), BMI, and % body fat

with brozec equation. results obtained showed that height has no statistical difference

in control vs experimental groups and in pre and post-experimental groups because

height is not a changeable variable. in the case of weight (kg), BMI, the sum of four skin folds, and % body fat results obtained showed statistically nonsignificant differences in

experimental and control groups on day 1. When the results of these variables were

statistically evaluated before and after the experiment statistically significant

differences were obtained in the sum of four skin folds, and % body fat whereas in the case of the BMI

variable non significant differences were obtained. these findings showed firstly that

BMI is not a true factor to check loss in % body fat. because it may be that weight

reduction due to fat loss was compensated by weight gain due to muscle mass, which is

an indicator of good health. secondly, Yoga is the perfect way to reduce % body fat

and inch loss and gain good muscle weight. This study showed that yoga has

additional benefits of good mental health too. this study can further be extended to

males also.