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The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of Kapalbhati with different time duration on Vital Capacity, Peak Flow Rate and Anxiety among school girls. Another objective of the study was to improve Vital Capacity, Peak Flow Rate and Anxiety in school girls. Method:- To achieve the objective of this study 60 girls aged 15-18 years were randomly selected from Mount Carmel School, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad (UP). After that all the subjects were divided equally into four groups (three experimental groups and one control group). Subjects of three experimental groups were given Kapalabhati training program at different times for a period of 8 weeks and the control group was not given any kind of training. The selected variables to be compared were vital capacity, peak flow rate and Anxiety. To measure Vital Capacity among deferent groups, Dry-Spirometer was used, To measure Peak Flow Rate among deferent groups, Peak Flow Meter was used, To measure Anxiety among deferent groups, State- Trait Anxiety inventory was developed by Charles D., R.L. Gorsuch, R. Lushene, P. R. Vagg and G. A. Jacobs. Statistical Techniques:- ANCOVA was used to find out the effect of Kapalabhati with differernt time duration on Vital Capacity, Peak Flow Rate and Anxiety among school girls. The level of significance was set at 0.05 to test the hypothesis. Results And Discussion:- The results revealed that there were significant (p>.05) differences in the effect of Kapalabhati on vital capacity, peak flow rate and anxiety among school girls.