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 sponsored

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

February 2009. The Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi 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 was 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

(www.indianyogaassociation.org), 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 was given the responsibility of organizing

the Mass Yoga Awareness Programme in Pondicherry

and did so with the cooperation the Education Department, Government Of

Pondicherry.

The

inaugural ceremony for the Yoga Week in Pondicherry

was held on 16th February at Kendriya Vidyalaya, JIPMER and the

valedictory function at the Indira

Nagar Government

School on 21st

February. Deputy Director Education, Mr Fathima Raj was the guest of Honour.

Yoga Camps of 1 ½ hours duration everyday

on the theme of the NYW were 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 Director Professor, Dept of Physiology, JIPMER and

coordinated by Mrs. Meena Ramanathan, Coordinator Yoga courses PUCC. ICYER and Pondicherry

Yogasana Association extended active cooperation for the successful conduct of

the Yoga Classes.

More

than 15,000 students, teachers and parents were 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 was 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