International Conference on Yoga In Education November 26, 2012

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE :
Yoga is a body of knowledge dealing with physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
discipline, originating in ancient India dating back more than 5000 years. Earliest
archaeological evidence of Yoga’s existence could be found in the stone seals which
depict Yogic postures.
Ancient Yogis had a belief that in order for man to be in harmony with himself and
his environment, he has to integrate the body, mind and the spirit. For these three
to be integrated; emotion, action and intelligence must be in balance. The Yogis
formulated a way to achieve and maintain this balance through asana (physical
postures), pranayama (voluntary regulated breathing), and dhyana (Meditation) - the
three main Yoga techniques. The yoga system evolved as a ‘system of liberation’
to allow man to discriminate between his ego-self and pure consciousness, and as
such, its health benefits are really its’ ‘off shoots’. Integral yoga practice, however,
with which many other self-regulatory somato-psychic approaches have been much
in common, consists of a holistic technology which functions to restore optimal
homeostatis by a variety of special techniques not found in other approaches.
It is said that “He who refuses to be a student is refusing to be a Teacher”. Learning
is a continuous process. Teaching is becoming increasingly challenging and
demanding with varied student background, capability and interest on the one hand
and compelling needs of the end user on the other hand. With rapidly advancing
technology, globalization and multinational, multi centered business activity
empowerment of human resource through appropriate education has become the
need of the hour. Based on Swami Vivekananda’s proclamation ‘Education is the
manifestation of Perfection already in Man’, this program is aimed at enriching the
delegates with a blend of theory and practice specially designed, based on Indian ethos
viz., traditional knowledge and Yoga to enhance the quality of Teaching – Learning
process in higher education and prepare aspirants of higher education equipped
with the right knowledge, skill, attitude and personality who can contribute to the
economic, cultural and harmonious development of the society and nation at large.
Yoga being a path of self-development and self-realization, was an integral part of
ancient Indian education. Although yoga is adopted in primary education and in
some cases higher secondary education, its’ fullest potential is yet to be realized.
Adopting yoga in the main stream education at all levels would bring the benefits
of yoga as a philosophy; spiritual path; psychology and therapy. To adopt Yoga
in education, there is a need to work on a framework to generate more empirical
evidence; to evolve suitable curriculum; to build capacities; to educating policy
makers about Yoga as a secular means of self-development and to learn from the past
experiences of integrating yoga in education. Hence this international conference on
‘Yoga in Education’ is an attempt to explore the possibilities of new avenues and
opportunities for the advancement of yoga in education. This conference would focus
on ‘yoga in education’ in active partnership of Tumkur University and S-VYASA
Yoga University.

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