The relevance of Yoga:
It is not important
whether you are currently practicing Yoga or intending to do so, but it
is crucial to acquire a victory over the contemplation of Yoga. The
perseverance of Yoga practice indicates that the biggest barrier has
been crossed.
If, Yoga is undertaken
for the improvement of health and features it is alright, one will
definitely benefit from the same. However, in addition one should be
constantly aware that there will be a change in mind, attitude, and
behavior. One will achieve peace of mind as well as the capacity of
feeling will be expanded. Therefore, the practice of Yoga will affect
the body mind and spirit equally and simultaneously.
Many aspirants have a
troubled marital relation in addition to that with colleagues and
friends. Practice of Yoga will certainly help improve these
relationships to be more feasible. Good relations develop by profound
understanding according to the state of self-awareness. The aim of Yoga
is to enable one understand himself as well as others.
Perhaps one has heard
that Yoga can treat Sexual impurities and disorders. It is true and this
might be a reason for one to start Yoga. Inadequate sex may be the cause
of frustration and misery.
It is also possible
that one has some physical disease or problem that one assumes can
ultimately be treated only through Yoga. It does not matter whether
pain is mental or physical, the Science of Yoga will aide whatever the
situation.
If one practices Yoga
for peace of mind, high concentration and increased will power the same
will be achieved through the plentiful properties.
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It may be possible that
one’s faith in religion is devoid of spirituality. Yoga will give one a
more profound faith in religion and an achievement of spirituality will
be experienced through this wonderful Science.
As a matter of fact
regardless of your belief and assumptions, Yoga will definitely assist
in achieving one’s goal, whatever it might be in life. The consistent
practice of Yoga will bring a personality change and the outlook towards
life will be more positive and constructive.
The ultimate import
of Yoga is expansion of your consciousness and make you aware of myriads
of things all around to which you were unaware so for. Therefore, we
should keep our minds open to every new possibility and Yoga has always
guided us for the same.
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The relevance of Yoga for children:
Yoga is the science of positive and
purposeful living. Nobody knows its origin but Yoga has influenced human
life down the ages. In ancient India Yoga education was given in the
Gurukul in order to make children more creative, energetic and healthy.
It is a system which teaches how to awaken ones hidden powers and
creativeness and materialize them into action.
Though Yoga can be learned at any
stage of life but if it is taught when a person is growing from
childhood to adult life it can bring tremendous results. Without this
Yoga-education all the education that a child receives in the school is
incomplete and that will cause an imbalance in child’s personality.
That imbalance is in terms of mental
and spiritual growth, between thought and action, between his energies
and its control for proper utilization. Incorporation of Yoga education
with other studies that a child learns will make children more
intuitive, intelligent, creative, responsible, and more focused towards
his goal.
Everything that we teach in our school
makes children more extroverts and externalized. They gradually forget
about their inner world and they get remain reduced just a money-making
machine.
Yoga teaching should begin at the age
eight. Modern scientists have recognized that crucial physiological and
psychological changes occur in every individual at this age. A person
transits from childhood into adult life. This is a significant turning
point in child’s life. Before this age fantasy and play constitute his
world.
After this age concentration and
discipline must gradually be taught to them. Children who undergo Yoga
at this age expand and develop their natural attributes, talents and
capacities to the fullest extent leading them successful, useful,
liberating lives.
When a child turns eight years his
Pineal Gland begins to decay. It slowly gets degenerated. This Gland
controls whole endocrine system including Pituitary Gland. This minute
structure in the middle of the human brain is responsible for
maintaining enhanced level of awareness.
After this age reproductive hormones
from Pituitary gland are released and the onset of puberty takes place
as the decay of Pineal Gland goes on. Children who start Yoga practices
at this age can delay this physiological change in their body and
maintain a child like state for several more years.
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They can delay pubescence. Children
whom puberty and menarche can be delayed for few more years have been
found much intelligent, sensitive and intuitive than early matures, who
are forcefully compelled to face emotional turmoil and conflicts of
adult life before they are capable to understand and manage the internal
physiological and psychological changes within the body.
The alveoli in the children lungs
continue to grow until age eight. The minute alveoli can only increase
in size after this age. Therefore this is the correct age to introduce
breathing exercises in the daily life; so that cardiovascular and
respiratory system can be properly trained to ensure high levels of
resistance, vitality and endurance through out the various stages of
life.
Yoga practices not only keep
children’s body strong and supple but incorporate mental activities and
a discipline which helps them develop attention and concentration.
Imagination power in children under six is normally limited to toys and
tales. But in Yoga we give them more real things to imagine and
contemplate upon to bring their imaginary mind in a more accurate
connection with environment. That helps them to be adept in dealing with
real world.
Children as their nature are more
intuitive, their mind is not yet conditioned and therefore they are
pretty open and receptive to new things. This is because their pineal
Gland has not yet commenced to calcify or degenerate.
Yoga Practices promise a delay of this
degeneration process of the most important gland in the human brain. As
children continue to grow older and enter school their learning
capabilities at school can be augmented by Yoga and Breathing exercises.
Regular and disciplined undertaking of
Yoga and breathing practices assists growing children channel and direct
their emotional energies in a more constructive order.
In
conclusion; yoga is a kind
of holistic education system which could be applied with every child
because it develops physical stamina, emotional stability, intellectual
and productive talents. It is a unified way of life for establishing the
balanced and comprehensive personality of the child.
Written by Dr. Rakesh Kumar Singh [Yoga
Teacher]
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