ISSN 2454-3144 Vol.3, Issue2( April- June) , 2016 Hill Quest www.hillquest.pratibha-spandan.org | 101 PATANJALI‘S YOGA ASANAS: A REMEDIAL MEASURE TO COPE WITH STRESS Virender Kaushal Research Scholar, Himachal Pradesh University Business School, H.P. University, Shimla Abstract Now days, stress becomes the inevitable part of the human beings life because of the fast changing life. Today‘s world is a competitive world and called as world of achievements. So to achieve the objectives human beings can do anything by making their life drastic and rough. They left everything behind and focused only on their achievements. It creates tension, stress and anxiety in the life of human beings and they become ill, frustrated, physically unfit and socially alone. To cope with these types of problems human being took the help of Yoga. Yoga provides various techniques to cope with stress, tension and anxiety. In this paper, we present the theoretical perspective of Patanjali‘s Yoga Asanas. How they help an individual to fight with stress, tension and anxiety. The present study is descriptive in nature and secondary data has been used to draw the results. Key Words: Stress, Stress Management, Yoga Asanas, Patanjali Stress: A Brief Introduction Stress has becomes a common thing of human‘s life in modern world. The present world is known as the world of achievements also called as a world of stress. It prevails everywhere, whether it is a corporate entity, enterprise, institution, any social or economic activity and even it is a family. Right from the birth till death, a human being passes through various stressful situations. Stress is a pattern of physiological, behavioural, emotional, physical and cognitive responses to real or imagined stimuli that are perceived as blocking a goal or otherwise threatening individual‘s well-being. It is a common condition, a response to a physical threat or psychological distress, which produces a host of chemical and hormonal reactions in the body. In essence, the body prepares to fight or flee, pumping more blood to the heart, muscles and shutting down all non-essential functions. As a temporary state, this reaction serves the body well to defend itself. When the stress reaction is prolonged, however, the normal physical functions that have in response either been exaggerated or shut down become dysfunctional.