This paper on the effectiveness of selected yogic breathing techniques (pranayama) in reducing stress among senior citizens in selected old age homes at Mangalore worked on the objectives assessing the existing level of stress in both experimental and control group using modified stress rating scale, demonstrate the selected yogic breathing techniques (pranayama) for experimental group, find out the effectiveness of selected yogic breathing techniques (pranayama) using same modified stress rating scale, find out the association between pre level stress in senior citizens with selected demographic variables. Results reveals after implementation of Yoga the study revealed that there is a significant in the stress scores of experimental and control group

yogic breathing techniques, stress, senior citizens, old age homes