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This paper is related to the effect of twelve weeks of Yogic practice on selected psychological variables of working women of Amravati District. The objectives were to find out the effect of twelve weeks yogic practice on selected psychological variables between the control group and the experimental group of working women of Amravati District. The hypotheses were set that there is a significant difference in post-test adjusted mean scores of selected psychological variables between the control group and the experimental group of working women of Amravati District by considering their pre-test mean scores as covariates. Method: For the study, 63 working women of Amravati District, have been selected randomly. The age range of the subjects was 39 to 45 years, and the following variables were selected for the present study: The dependent variable: Depression and Happiness Level, and the independent variable: Yogic practice. The pretest-posttest randomized group design was selected for this study, which consists of an experimental group (n=31) and a control group (n=32). For the collection of data, the Beck Depression Inventory and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire were used. The Beck Depression Inventory was developed by Aaron T. Beck (1961) to assess the depression level and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was developed by Argyle et al., (1989) for assessing the happiness level. The data has been collected before and after twelve weeks of Yogic practice. The data was analyzed by applying the Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) Technique to find out the effect of Yogic practice practices on selected psychological variables of working women of Amravati, District. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Result: The findings of the study revealed that a significant difference exists in post-test adjusted means of selected psychological variables between the control group and the experimental group of working women. The hypotheses were set that there is a significant difference in post-test adjusted mean scores of selected psychological variables between the control group and the experimental group of working women of Amravati, District, by considering their pre-test mean score as a covariate is accepted. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions are drawn: Participants in the experimental group showed significant improvement in reducing their depression level and positive impact on happiness after twelve weeks of Yogic practice practices.