How Yoga Can Helps in Creating Peace Kamal Peeyush Faculty of Education, Institute of Advance Study in Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India Paper no: 3 Abstract Yoga is an agreement between the individual and the universe, between thought and act and between spirit and God. The Central government of India is currently working on including Yoga in the syllabus of all of India's schools as part of Health and Physical Education. Yoga for Youth is to provide an alternative to typical ‘physical education’ which is neither violent, nor competitive, nor hierarchical, but rather, is supportive of each individual's growth, self- integration, and socialization. By using songs, movement activities, popular poems, folktales and hands-on materials, Faith has taught students the anatomy of their bodies, calming strategies for stress relief and especially to listen to their breath, because breath is life. Both yoga and physical education contribute to not merely the physical development of the child but have a positive impact on psychosocial and mental development as well. “Rather than teaching children to compete with each other, yoga teaches children to access their own inner resources by helping them develop a mind-body connection. With this connection, they will be able to live their lives from a place of inner wholeness and balance, relying on their own strength, guidance and support throughout their lives.” When we practice yoga, harmony comes by discovering, experiencing a new consciousness within that is beyond mind. This consciousness is of the nature of delight, peace, harmony and bliss. When this consciousness descends down into mind, body; it purifies this body and mind; it eliminates all discords between body and mind. Yoga not only brings inner harmony but also outer harmony with nature, with people with society and with the external world. This paper will discuss how harmony of body, mind and emotion comes because of yoga. When we practice yoga, how it awaken the inner consciousness or spiritual consciousness within. Top Keywords Physical Education, Intergration, Harmony. Top |