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YES - Yoga Education in Schools
Ananda Marga Gurukula has been promoting yoga as a subject of education not only in NHE schools but also in public and private schools around the world. Thousands of children are enjoying the subtle and gentle effects on their natural spiritual development.
AMGK is providing courses for teachers in YES. The curriculum framework for yoga for K-12 is in three categories:
- Yoga as play – 3- 6 years exploration and wonder
- Yoga as challenge - 7-11 years heroism, challenge and active fun
- Yoga as ideal - 12-19 years intellectual thought and ideals
The content of YES is age appropriate balance from play to serious practice that incorporates various aspects of Austanga Yoga such as:
- Asanas (yogic tips, bio-psychology)
- Ethics (yama and niyama)
- Breathing exercises (pranayama)
- Control of the senses (pratyahara), visualisation, guided imagery
- Concentration (dharna), meditation (dhyana)
- Ideation and samadhi (contemplation)
- songs, chants, and verses
- Music and mudra dance (kiirtan and Prabhata Samgiita dance)
- Philosophy
- Stories, drama
- Journal writing, poetry and art
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