Abstract

Background: Nowadays, the polycystic ovarian syndrome is a widespread condition that affects women at their reproductive age. Women are considered to have significantly elevated amounts of insulin resistance, obesity, and higher levels of androgens within the part of the body with PCOS. The crucial thing about overcoming these signs and symptoms of illness is weight management. It has a primary preventive and healing ability that can be accomplished by implementing lifestyle changes to fight this disease.
 Yogic interventions are the primary key that continues a person’s health and modifies the endocrine system. Postures (Asanas), Breathing techniques (Pranayama) and meditation (dhyana) facilitate plenty in relieving the signs and symptoms of PCOS associated with an incorrect dwelling lifestyle and deep-rooted stress and holding the person high to combat with this sickness.
 Purpose: This Review study is aimed to review the trends in research conducted over a period of time frame. Only randomized Control Trials and Clinical Trials are subjected of interest in this study. Using PUBMED, Google Scholar and other Indian databases searches were performed using keywords "Yoga and PCOS” which yielded up to 31 relevant articles showing the effect of Yoga on PCOS.
 Selections were made to include only studies published in peer reviewed journals and investigating effects of regular Yogic practices on hormonal imbalances, weight loss, stress reduction and various other related aspects pertaining to PCOS in these studies.
 Summary and Outlook: Noteworthy variance was observed between the interventional group participants on the domain of hormones, weight loss, Anxiety, Stress and physical function with better results in Yoga groups than in control group. Collectively these studies suggest that specific Yogic module may help to balance hormone, reduce body weight and released stress and it may improve the physical function of the body.

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