Yoga is a practice of bodily movements where one focuses on breath control and meditation. Widely used for health and relaxation, yoga has many known benefits for people of all ages. Some unique benefits that student teachers might just take interest in:

• Yoga improves strength and tones your muscles.
• It boosts your immunity.
• Yoga is a great way to help relieve stress.
• Yoga helps reduce anxiety and depression.
• Yoga increases your flexibility.
• Yoga improves memory and concentration.
• Yoga improves your posture.

The Context :

• Most of the student teachers are from rural backgrounds.
• The overall personality of these students is not comparable with urban background student teachers.
• To make the student-teacher confident and competent to face the situations.
• To create awareness of the benefits of Yoga and meditations.

Considering these various parameters, the institution has started Yoga Practices for both staff and student teachers.

 Practice :

• College has facilitated Yoga practices every Saturday in a week.
• During the day, Yoga will commence from 9 am to 10 am.
• Student teachers are informed to bring yoga materials provided by the college.
• Yoga performances by student teachers was organised on special days like Independence Day and Republic Day programmes.
• International Yoga Day was celebrated by the institution and also conduct group yoga practice on this eve.

Impact of the Practice

1. On the faculty members:

• Teaching and practicing yoga as a teacher greatly help in diving deeper into our minds and unearthing our true potential.
• It helps to understand the student’s health consciousness.

2. On the Students:

• Reduce & Eliminate Stress
• Reduce Conflict
• Improve Concentration
• Yoga increases body awareness and mindfulness.
• Improves Flexibility, Balance and Posture