MASS YOGA AWARENESS PROGRAMME IN SCHOOLS OF PONDICHERRY

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NATIONAL YOGA WEEK 2009

MASS YOGA

AWARENESS PROGRAMME IN SCHOOLS OF PONDICHERRY The MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE is

sponsoring the NATIONAL YOGA WEEK 2009 from the 16th to 22nd

of February 2009 and Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi has organised a mass awareness

programme for Health, Happiness and Harmony through Yoga with the theme of

“Role of Yoga in School Healthâ€.

As part of the National Yoga Week, a MASS

YOGA AWARENESS PROGRAMME is being conducted in schools all over the country

through the active participation of leading and eminent Yoga Institutes who

have come together under the banner of the INDIAN YOGA ASSOCIATION, a self

regulatory body for yoga sponsored by the Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health

and Family Welfare.

The ADVANCED CENTRE FOR YOGA THERAPY,

EDUCATION AND RESERACH (ACYTER), JIPMER is organizing the Mass Yoga Awareness

Programme in Pondicherry

with the cooperation the Education Department, Government Of Pondicherry.

Inaugural ceremony for the Yoga Week in Pondicherry was held on 16th February at

Kendriya Vidyalaya, JIPMER on 16th February 2009 and the valedictory

function will be held at the Indira

Nagar Government

School on 21st

February.

Yoga Camps of 1 ½ hours duration everyday

on the theme of the NYW are being conducted in 50 government and private schools

of Pondicherry by nearly 30 Yoga teachers under the direction of Prof Dr MADANMOHAN,

Programme Director ACYTER and Diector Professor, Dept of Physiology, JIPMER and

coordinated by Mrs. Meena Ramanathan, Coordinator Yoga courses PUCC. As per the

request of the MDNIY, ICYER and Pondicherry Yogasana Association are extending

active cooperation for the conduct of the Yoga Classes.

More

than 10,000 students will be sensitized to the importance of Yoga for school

health during this programme. Yoga is

the best means to improve the psychosomatic health in everyone, especially

children. The regular practice enhances the personality in children, improves

concentration and memory power, helps endure stressful situation during exams,

increases their immunity and improves overall health. The main objective of the

programme is to increase the awareness about the benefits of Yoga among the

children.

 

Dr.

MADANMOHAN, MD, FIAY, PGDY

Programme Director,

Advanced Centre for Yoga Teaching Education and Research,

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research,

Pondicherry - 605 006