Since Hans Seyle first described stress, physicians and psychologists are studying stress and its various manifestations. However like proverbial ‘elephant to the blind’, stress and her management still remains a mystery to many persons. 

In pursuit of happiness, man has tried to eliminate stress from his life, but in vain!! Stress affects almost all of us some or the other time. In chronic form, it causes psycho somatic diseases in man.  

Material and Methods: 

Based on symptoms and signs of stress, we devised a questionnaire for stress audit of participants. In present study, we did stress audit of students of 800 students of medical and paramedical branches; by giving them a questionnaire to fill up. Comparison of stress levels was done between students of Physiotherapy (year 1), General Nursing and Midwifery (year 2) and MBBS (year 1). Results: 

30% students had stress scores higher than 16, suggestive of distress. They were offered pranayam, dhyan and yog, as remedial measures.