"Yoga : where body, mind and soul meet" by Reshma Ramachandran 25/1/2021

 

 

This day, the online class started with long breathing practice from yoga. After that sir dived into the importance of yoga and what are the dos and don'ts  in yoga. He enlightened us about the working of the heart. The size of the heart for each individual is corresponding to their fist. Then again we did pranayama. Sir taught us a new breathing technique called "Bhramari pranayama" also known as Humming Bee Breath, is a calming breathing practice that soothes the nervous system and helps to connect us with our truest inner nature.

                   Bhramari pranayama

Yoga

Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. Yoga is one of the six Āstika (orthodox) schools of Indian philosophical traditions.

There is a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The term "Yoga" in the Western world often denotes a modern form of hatha yoga and yoga as exercise, consisting largely of the postures or asanas.

The practice of yoga has been thought to date back to pre-Vedic Indian traditions; possibly in the Indus valley civilization around 3000 BCE. Yoga is mentioned in the Rigveda, and also referenced in the Upanishads, though it most likely developed as a systematic study around the 5th and 6th centuries BCE, in ancient India's ascetic and Sramana movements. The chronology of earliest texts describing yoga-practices is unclear, varyingly credited to the Upanishads. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali date from the 2nd century BCE, and gained prominence in the west in the 20th century after being first introduced by Swami Vivekananda. Hatha yoga texts began to emerge sometime between the 9th and 11th century with origins in tantra.

The Sanskrit noun योग yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj (युज्) "to attach, join, harness, yoke". The word yoga is cognate with English "yoke".

Importance of yoga

Why is it necessary to have yoga in our daily life?

- Practicing yoga develops physical health.
- It develops mental health.
- It develops social health.
- It develops spiritual health.
- It helps in our self-realization, etc.

Yoga at the physical level comprises several postures or asanas to keep the body healthy. The mental techniques in Yoga include breathing exercises or pranayama and meditation to discipline the mind.
According to the Bhagavad Gita "A person is said to have achieved yoga, the union with the Self, when the perfectly disciplined mind gets freedom from all desires, and becomes absorbed in the Self alone.”

Benefits of Yoga
- Yoga promotes self-healing.
- Removes toxins from the body and negative      blocks from the mind.
- Yoga increases self-awareness.
- Increases personal power.
- Boost immunity.
- Increases concentration and focus.
- Yoga helps in reducing stress level and tension in the physical body.

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Next session was followed by Bindu ma'am for optional class in which Ma'am have a work to point out the relevance of social science in the modern world. There were discussions afterwards on this topic in which I too contributed.

There is a popular saying that “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” This is because history reveals the inner workings of society itself. It shows us what needs reforming, what has failed or what can succeed. It can, in fact, help us examine the future and give us insights into current issues. For example, we can learn how technological innovations influence the workforce by investigating the effects of the Industrial Revolution.

Those who study social sciences tend to understand the importance of a society of equality and diversity. They learn about and recognize the cultures in their community and the world. This is especially important in today’s interconnected international communities.

Yet another online class has over. 

Great day ahead....

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