“Children are the wealth of tomorrow – take care of them if you wish of tomorrow- take care of them if you wish to have a strong India”

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

 

Children today are under severe stress-peer pressure, parental pressure and the severe competitive atmosphere. Extra tuitions and co-curricular activities all add up and create stress. Yoga can provide the most needed distressing one can think of thus furthering mental, psychological and physical health.

It has been observed that teaching yoga at an early age develops a sense of discipline in the young minds, not only that it teaches self - control, flexibility, memory, concentration, coordination, and to co-ordinate one’s life with loved ones around-creating good relationships, thus teaching goes beyond the school and helps the child to face the world and its challenges in the right perspective.

Today we see the disinterest and inevitable suffering among many students. We all as individual have hidden potential which when developed allows the young mind to pertinent bliss and peace and ultimately goal of our existence happiness and peace.

 A brief discussion with students revealed the following problems of students in the system of higher education.

 

1. Lack of interest in studies.

2. Peer pressure and worry to meet with parenteral expectations creates tension and restless in the mind of the school, college going students.

3. Disinterest in physical exercise of any kind games, gyms etc.

4. Irregular unhealthy food habits leading to obesity.

5. Enamored by affluent environment leading to drug abuse, panmasala, gutka, alcoholism, smoking, gambling etc.

6. Drudgery in life.

7. Lack of ideal and aim in life.

8. Lack of reading habits.

9. Not sure of what course in life to take.

10. Worried, tensions and agitations.

11. Lack of mental relaxation and Peace.

12. Lack of Concentration.

13. Creates Problems at home, in personal life, as well as problems with peer groups, friends and society.

14. Gets in to bad company trying to gain happiness and peace of mind.

15. Lack of direction in life.

 

Teacher’s role here cannot be over emphasized. Today the classrooms are overcrowded 50-60 students per class and at times even more, as a result they are unable to pay attention to each child. They should also be aware of the problem child in his/her class so that he/she can helps the child and this is possible only when there are 20-25 students in each class.

 

 How can we overcome the problems affecting the personality of students right from the school to college and then to life? How can we channelize potential energy in to kinetic energy to make them to enjoy a full and happy life?  How can we stimulate students towards holistic approach to life? How can we make them develop their character and personality in totality? How can we check drug abuse, smoking, gambling etc? How can we educate them in right direction?

 

Well the only and only answer is imparting yoga education, which can offer solutions for all the problems and a positive approach in life. The answer is practice of science of yoga.