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EFFECTIVENESS OF YOGA EDUCATION ON TODAY’S GENERATION

Sapna Sharma

Research Scholar, Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women‟s University, Jaipur Dr. Manju Sharma

Research Guide, Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women‟s University, Jaipur

Abstract: In this modern world, today‟s generation is running after a good job or a good college to acquire higher studies. Their schedule is totally tightened up. When they do not have a time for themselves to feel relax, peaceful, happy just because everyone life is so cluttered nowadays. This research paper emphasize on the support and benefits of yoga education on today‟s generation.

Keywords: Yoga, Education, Today‟s Generation, Health, Modern.

1. INTRODUCTION

Yoga is a spiritual science which helps in maintaining the balance between mind and body. Yoga has been derived from a Sanskrit word „YUJ‟ which means to combine or to gather. According to Maharishi Patanjali yoga word means

„UNION‟ which means to unite or to gather our all five senses from the outer materialistic world towards universal spirit of God. Yoga helps in removing the fluctuations of thoughts in mind. While practicing yoga, an individual gets unites with the spiritual power and it is also believed that yoga provides „MOKSH‟

which means liberation. In the older days, everyone was in a habit of practicing yoga in their daily life schedule but as the time is changing year by year people have stopped practicing and there is no value left for yoga. Yoga is not considered to be an important aspect any more nowadays, as there is a lack of awareness of yoga education in school, colleges and many other working places.

Yoga education is a vital term which people have ignored to a great extent but which is extremely wrong in other ways because yoga education if provided will definitely help in maintaining higher level of consciousness and concentration. Yoga helps in keeping good health of an individual to practice mental hygiene and to acquire emotional stability in their busy life. Yoga education can be helpful in enhancing their intellectual power and stamina. Yoga education can be inculcated by providing separate classes of yoga at school, college and higher level of studies so for this it is very much essential to spread yoga education to such extent that each person of the today‟s generation practices Yoga and become energetic, peaceful and happy in his/her life.

It has been proved that yoga education is very effective in today‟s generation life but if an individual is not aware about yoga, he/she may not feel active or may lose his/her stamina or will power after attaining a certain age because our body is just like a machine which needs to be repaired up or speed up with the help of various exercises and yoga but if yoga is not practiced due to lack of yoga education. It may create lots of health problem to them.

Generally, yoga is regarded as therapy or exercise method for health and fitness of the body. There is no doubt that yoga provides physical and mental health.

Also, it is not based on any specific religion, faith, community, caste or creed.

It has been considered as an art of spiritual health. On a wider scale, Yoga Sadhanas can be categorized by Maharishi Patanjali as –

 Yama- way of life or general discipline

 Niyama- special or particular self- discipline

 Aasana- posture

 Praanaayaama- control of breath and vital functions

 Pratyahaara- self-withdrawal or detachment

 Dhaarana- concentration

 Dhyaana- meditation

 Samaadhi- super-consciousness and complete enlightenment.

2. TYPES OF YOGA

Yoga works on the basis of the conditions of our body, mind, emotions, and energy.

On these bases yoga can be divided into four groups:-

1. KARMA YOGA- (Yoga of Meditation)

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2 2. BHAKTI YOGA- (Yoga of Devotion) 3. GYAN YOGA- (Yoga of Knowledge) 4. KRIYA YOGA- (Yoga of Action) Karma Yoga: This type of Yoga is based on the controls of body. Main aim of this Yoga is to become devoted to the path of work. In this method, a person loses his self-identity in the condition of meditation and achieves stability of thoughts and intellectual influence. It is very difficult state to accomplish. This Yoga method is based on the worshipping of work. Thus work becomes equal to the worshipping of God. In the initial stages, a Karma Yogi generally possesses egotistic sense but with gradual progression, he becomes able to attain spiritual permanence. He gets control over his thoughts and mind and his actions become divine.

Bhakti Yoga: This type of Yoga is related to devotion or absolute faith in God or any other supreme consciousness.

A person performing this Yoga must possess a strong faith. It helps in releasing the stress and frustrations caused by the suppression of emotions and ideas. The practitioner of this type of Yoga achieves a state of self-realization and his ego decreases gradually.

Gyan Yoga: Literal meaning of the

‘Gyan’ is knowledge. The Gyan Yoga is a spiritual practice that pursues knowledge with questions like “Who am I, What am I”, “among others”. Gyan yoga helps in finding the path of reality through constant practice, determination and knowledge. I is t based on four principals:

1. Viveka- Discrimination:- It is the purest form of knowledge which helps us in discriminating between right and wrong paths

2. Veragya- Renunciation: - It refers the liberation of soul from any worldly desire or pleasure. It helps the practitioner to understand that there is no supreme power except God and all other materialistic things have no meaning. He realizes the transience of the worldiiy possession and eternity of the God‟s love.

3. Shatsampatti:- The six treasures. It consists of six principles.

 Shama

 Dama

 Uparati

 Titiksha

 Shraddha

 Samadhana

2.1 Mumukshtra: - Constant striving for God. It is the realization that human body is not separated from God, but is one with God and all orther lives. This realization results in creating a burning desire in the heart to unite with the supreme power of God. A person begins to understand that all living forms are not separate rather we are part of one whole system and hurting of one living form will result in hurting us. Therefore, it helps in realizing the universal perception of

‘Ahimsa’.

Kriya Yoga: Fundamentally Kriya yoga is related to the use of the stored energy of the body. The word „Kriya‟

means ‘activity’ or ‘movement’ and it refers to the activity of consciousness or intellectual. It is a meditation technique which helps in increasing a person‟s spiritual growth. Initially it was widely made known by Paramhansa Yoganandaji is his book ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’.

The practitioner of Kriya Yoga becomes able to enhance his/her concentration ability and mental health.

3. IMPORTANCE OF YOGA EDUCATION 1. Yoga education in today‟s

education system is very much important as practicing yoga can help in reducing the stress level of today‟s generation children.

2. Children feel relaxed while studying.

3. Practicing yoga on a daily basis helps in building stamina.

4. Yoga helps in building their immunity level strong.

5. Yoga education for students of today‟s generation results in the growth of child psychology.

6. Yoga education is necessary for people to remain physically fit and fine.

7. Yoga education is essential for everyone in present time so that people remain away from different types of diseases such obesity, hyper tension, diabetes, migraine, cervical, headaches, etc. by practicing yoga on the daily basis.

8. Due to higher level of adulteration in food items, body capacity level

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3 of people is becoming too low but people can remain healthy if yoga is practiced by them.

9. Maximum numbers of people suffer from blood pressure problems but accurate and detailed yoga education can help them in keeping their blood pressure level in good health.

10. Yoga education is most needed by the people who are in the age group 15-25 because this is the age where now days people are suffering from many diseases and by the time they cross the age of 30yrs the level of disease also increased and may be at times they may not be cured so as to be away from these kind of problem.

It is most essential for the teenagers, adult and senior citizen to get the yoga education from various sources and implement all yoga asanas in their daily routine.

4. BENEFITS OF YOGA EDUCATION

1. Now-a-days students face lots of problems related to stress as they are quite over- burdened with their studies curriculum but yoga education may prevent them from the stress problems.

2. Yoga education in vast will provoke them to practice and while doing it they can increase their concentration power.

3. An individual body if does not intake food and water will not able to survive for a longer duration but if the individual is in a habit of practicing yoga then it will be able to survive for a longer period.

4. Today‟s generation is not well aware with all the outdoor games because of lack of time of playing it or may be over burdened with the work so for in this case these type of people are prone to diseases at a very young age. To prevent this yoga education is very essential

5. Yoga education helps in increasing the focus level of younger generations.

6. In this busy and competitive world everybody is running after their careers and nobody has time for thinking about health and diet.

Yoga education helps in inculcating a habit of giving some times to one‟s own body by practicing yoga.

7. Everyone wants to be active and full of energy at the end of the day after working for 6 hours in office but this can only be possible if yoga education get flourished.

8. Yoga education basically heals people to keep their body flexible.

9. Strength is very much important component for one‟s body strength is needed for all kinds of physical work so yoga education helps to build strength in individual body.

5. CONCLUSION

Yoga is a multi-dimensional aspect and day by day due to vast awareness of Yoga education, its scope has increased in the modern life of today‟s generation. It is quite obvious that Yoga is a boon for the modern man of the 21^st century. Yoga education is necessary as Yoga is a pain-killing and stress throwing world phenomenon so, it is very much crucial to make Yoga an integral part of our education system.

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