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All normal people wish to live in peace and happiness. The feeling of happiness and satisfaction subjectively experienced by individuals has been termed as psychological wellbeing (Okun and Stock,1987). A few other terms like subjective wellbeing,mental health, life satisfiction,and quality of life have been global interest in the study of psychological wellbeing and quality of life.The paper describes about the psychological wellbeing of the individual through the yogic techniques. It highlghts the concepts and principles of yoga psychology based on Patanjali�s Yoga Sutras to demonstrate how the yoga psychology parents holistic view about psychological wellbeing. It explains the psychotherapeutic, preventine and promotive aspects of yoga psychology with the ultimate aim of harmonizing human personality and transcending the self and consciousness. Referring to the cognitive model of chittavrittis, kleshas and to the silent features of the yogic method of looking within,the author has discussed the use of yogic techniques in the psychological well-being of mankind,and has called for more expirical studies on their applications in different fieds with specific purposes.