Symposium on "Yoga Education In Schools", By Bihar School of Yoga

Educationist's Committee
Chairman
Shri.Jaidevji
Secretary
D.A.V. Group of Schools
Chennai

Members
Shri.E.P.G.Nambiar
Secretary General
Chinmaya Heritage Centre
Chennai

Shri.M.A.Selvaraj
Correspondent
Sir M.CT.Muthiah Group of Schools, Chennai

Shri.K.Rajmohan
Correspondent
M.A.Krishnaswamy Group of Schools, Chennai

Principals Committee

Smt.Lalitha Chandrasekharan
DAV Girls Sr Sec School, Gopalapuram

Smt.Lalitha Thiagarajan
DAV Boys Sr Sec School
Mogappair

Smt.M.P.Geetha
DAV Girls Sr Sec School
Mogappair

Shri.J.Ajeeth Prasath Jain
Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram, Kilpauk

Smt.V.Gowri Lakshmi
Chinmaya Vidyalaya Secondary School, Anna Nagar

Shri.Sathiamoorthy.C
Chinmaya Vidyalaya
Kilpauk

Shri.S.Adhiappan
M.F.S.D. Hr Sec School
Sowcarpet

Dr.N.Saraswathi
The Children Garden Hr Sec School
Mylapore

Smt.Nirmala Sundaram
Reserve Bank Staff Quarters School
Besant Nagar

M.Varadarajan
G.S.S.Jain Vidyalaya
Vepery

Smt.P.V.Subba Lakshmi

Agarwal Vidyalaya

Vepery

Satyananda Yoga Education Charitable Trust (SYECT) in coordination with some of the schools in Chennai is organizing a grand Symposium on “Yoga Education in Schools”. The first announcement, dated 9th March, about the symposium, was sent to your school in March. The symposium will be conducted in three different venues in Chennai.

We cordially invite your school to participate in this unique event that will open new horizons in the field of education. The venue details are given below.

Date & Venue

20/08/2009 (Thursday)
9.00 am to 11.30 am

D.A.V Boys Sr Sec School
120 feet road, Mogappair,
Chennai – 600 050

21/08/2009 (Friday)
9.00 am to 11.30 am
(TO be finalized)

22/08/2009 (Sunday)
9.00 am to 11.30 am

Sir MCTM Higher Secondary School
23, Raja Annamalai Road, Purasaiwakkam, Chennai 84

We have decided to extend a special invitation to the schools in Chennai to actively participate in the symposium. You can send 10 children from your school along with one teacher. We have planned to provide opportunity to schools on first come first basis.

Education implies that the whole being should be educated. It should not merely be pumping students full of book knowledge which just floats on the surface of their intellects as oil floats on the surface of water.

People will have to be aware of their thought patterns, their opinions, their ideas and their emotions. This kind of education will not come by force because that would only be borrowed knowledge, not experience.

This real education has to be brought about from within, and one of the ways to accomplish this unfoldment is through YOGA

- Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Satyananda Yoga™ as it is popularly known all over the world; is a system of yoga developed by Swami Satyananda. In India & several countries Satyananda Yoga™ has been very effectively integrated into the school as part of the process of education. Several research projects conducted over the last decade have gone to prove that introduction of yoga to a child can help the child to develop their personality comprehensively.

Effects of Yoga on

The Mental aspect

• Improves concentration & memory
• Awakens & balances both hemispheres of brain
• Whole mind is clarified & refined

The Emotional aspect

• Makes one emotionally strong
• Positively influences behavior
• Vital & mental energy is balanced

The Physical Aspect

• Facilitates proper functioning of all organs & systems
• Promotes health
• Improves immune functionImproves stamina

The Creative Aspect

• Creativity dawns
• Intuition is awakened
• Improves imaginative thinking
• Higher mental functions manifest

A close study of the processes reveals that the Yoga tradition cannot be confined to only the physical or postural; it enters into a deeper engagement and exploration of the psychological and emotional domains.

If understood in its totality, Yoga can lead to valuable insights and be of great help in laying the foundation for lending a meaningful life.

CreativeExtensive research on intelligence shows that for too long our education has favored linguistic and mathematical intelligences, and most IQ tests are based on these aspects.

IN the Yoga tradition most of these intelligences are addressed and developed. There are several schools of Yoga, which though different in approach, have similar underlying assumptions

• Body and mind are connected; the health of one affects the other.
• Regular practices in the form of asana as well as relaxation are recommended for their revitalizing and tranquilizing effects on the system.
• Discipline starts at the level of the body soon moves to the mental aspects. The overall effect is an increase in the effectiveness of the individual in whatever she/he undertakes.
• Balance is important in all one does, neither indulgence nor deprivation.
• Development of healthy attitudes such as cleanliness and contentment.
• Psycho – mental work, through introspective and various meditative methods, with an aim of bringing about clarity of understanding and self awareness.
• Harmony with self, others and nature.