Should Yoga be made a compulsory subject in schools?
librangirl said...
Not a bad idea as i c a reason also. Kids nowadays spend their time either in front of the TV or surfing net. I hardly see any kid playin' out in the garden. So the physical activity is almost nil. School is the place where they spend almost half of the day. So the schoold can think about this option apart from games n' other extra-curicular activities. cheers
DecentmonKey said...
Sounds interesting.. but I doubt it can ever be made as compulsory.. it can only be recommended to the Schools to provide this alternative too..
Indian F1 fan said...
good idea, only problem is the secularist view...
Busybee said...
It is being taught in all CBSE schools. Atleast that was the case when I was in school. It would be nice to teach our genNext Yoga and sports, and not just make them book worms. Making it compulsory will make no big difference.....as this would be an extra curricular activity and not taken seriously.
frenchita said...
A very good question . Yes , it should be taught . And taught seriously as a subject . Patanjali's asthanga yoga . which not only includes the asanas for physical fitness but the do's and don'ts of life , the breathing exercises and the meditation . It has nothing to do with any religion , only to do with a human being's spiritual progress towards God . And it is best taught to a child when he/she is impressionable enough to imbibe it .
tejbir said...
a very good stepwill only work for the upliftmentof indians physically mentally spiritually
Shamit said...
Excellent idea, it would help us imbibe these techniques for physical and mental well-being; and would become an integral part of the lifestyle hence helping them to counter stress and helth issues later on in life.
Vinayak said...
If we all learn yoga from childhood that would help us thru life ...However children need to be careful while stretching themselves and the practices need to be done under lot of care / supervisionsI'm NOT SURE if our country has schools that can provide that level of supervisionswhile many private schools will (and some might look at this as an alternate income), most government schools, IMHO, are in capable of providing that level of supervision and yoga training
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Not a bad idea as i c a reason also. Kids nowadays spend their time either in front of the TV or surfing net. I hardly see any kid playin' out in the garden. So the physical activity is almost nil. School is the place where they spend almost half of the day. So the schoold can think about this option apart from games n' other extra-curicular activities.
cheers
Sounds interesting.. but I doubt it can ever be made as compulsory.. it can only be recommended to the Schools to provide this alternative too..
good idea,
only problem is the secularist view...
It is being taught in all CBSE schools. Atleast that was the case when I was in school. It would be nice to teach our genNext Yoga and sports, and not just make them book worms. Making it compulsory will make no big difference.....as this would be an extra curricular activity and not taken seriously.
A very good question .
Yes , it should be taught .
And taught seriously as a subject . Patanjali's asthanga yoga .
which not only includes the asanas for physical fitness but the do's and don'ts of life , the breathing exercises and the meditation .
It has nothing to do with any religion , only to do with a human being's spiritual progress
towards God .
And it is best taught to a child when he/she is impressionable enough to imbibe it .
a very good step
will only work for the upliftment
of indians
physically
mentally
spiritually
Excellent idea, it would help us imbibe these techniques for physical and mental well-being; and would become an integral part of the lifestyle hence helping them to counter stress and helth issues later on in life.
If we all learn yoga from childhood that would help us thru life ...
However children need to be careful while stretching themselves and the practices need to be done under lot of care / supervisions
I'm NOT SURE if our country has schools that can provide that level of supervisions
while many private schools will (and some might look at this as an alternate income), most government schools, IMHO, are in capable of providing that level of supervision and yoga training
regards
Vinayak
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