Author: Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Publisher: Yoga Publications Trust
Year: 1994
Language: Hindi
Pages: 249
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788185787770
Description
Yoga Education for Children looks at the teaching of yoga to children of all age groups. The first section addresses the topic of yoga and education. Articles and advice from international teachers in the field of yogic education explore the specific needs of children and how yoga can help in their daily life. Topics include: youth problems, integrating yoga into the classroom and improved methods of education.
The second section discusses the benefits of yoga therapy in relation to specific groups: the emotionally disturbed, the disabled and juvenile diabetics. The third section on practical yoga provides detailed instructions for asana, pranayama, concentration techniques and yoga games for children of all ages.
This book is an ideal reference manual for yoga teachers and parents. Line drawings and diagrams are included.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
YOGA AND EDUCATION
The Need for a Yoga-Based Education System
Yoga and Children’s Problems
Yoga with Pre-School Children
Yoga Lessons Begin at Age Eight
Student Unrest and Its Remedy
Yoga and the Youth Problem
Better ways of Education
Yoga at School
Yoga and Education
Questions and Answers
YOGA AS THERAPY
Yoga for Emotional Disturbances
Yoga for the Disabled
Yoga Benefits Juvenile Diabetes
PRACTICES
Yoga Techniques for Pre-School Children
Yoga Techniques for 7-14 Years-Olds
Yoga Techniques for the Classroom
Introduction to Asana
Pawanmuktasana Series
Pawanmuktasana 1: Anti-Rheumatic Asanas
Pawanmuktasana 2: Anti-Gastric Asanas
Pawanmuktasana 3: Energizing Asanas
Eye Exercises
Surya Namaskara: Salutations to the Sun
Chandra Namaskara: Salutations to the Moon
Warrior Sequence
Relaxation Asanas
Animal Asanas
Object Asanas
Characters and Persons
Alphabet Asanas
Asanas Done in Pairs
Pranayama
Practical Teaching Syllabus
Light of Existence Explained
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF PRACTICES
GENERAL INDEX