Yoga Education for Children (Volume One)

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Publisher : Yoga Publications Trust
Author : Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Language : English
Pages : 412 (With B/W Illustrations )
Cover: Paperback
Dimension : 21.5 cm x 15 cm
Weight : 510 gm
Edition : 2009
ISBN : 97881885787336

Back of The Book

Yoga Education for Children, Volume One 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, prrnayama, concentration techniques and yoga games for children of all ages.
This book is an ideal reference manual for yoga teachers and parents.

About The Author

Swami Satyananda was born at Almora, Uttar Pradesh, in 1923. In 1943 he met Swami Sivananda in Rishikesh, where he lived as a sannyasin for the next 12 years.
Swami Satyananda founded the International Yoga Fellowship in 1956 and the Bihar School of Yoga in 1963. Over the next 20 years he toured internationally and authored over 80 books.
In 1984 he founded Sivananda Math, a charitable institution for aiding rural development, and the Yoga Research Foundation.
In 1988 he adopted kshetra sannyasa and settled in Rikhia, Jharkhand, where he now lives as a paramahamsa sannyasin.