摘要：The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of yoga exercises on women's life expectancy. Research design This research was a quasi-experimental study with a control group with pre-test and post-test. Sampling was done by convenience sampling and the control group was selected randomly. Participants were 50 women from Kermanshah who were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The training protocol consisted of three sessions per week and 60 minutes of activity and interventions for 36 sessions each. To measure women's life expectancy, Miller and Powers (1988) life expectancy questionnaire was used. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.89 using Cronbach's Alpha. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that yoga exercise was effective on women's life expectancy. According to the results, yoga training can be used to increase life expectancy in women.
