This is summer break for students under this program (UG 1st and 2nd year). However, if anyone is present in the campus for some training / project activity, there is a feast of health and fitness related activity scheduled on 21st June on the occasion of International Day of Yoga (IDY). This is organized by Technology Students Gymkhana, IIT Kharagpur. [Latest update: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Honourable Minister of Science and Tecnology and Earth Sciences will be the chief guest for the program at 10:30 a.m. to be held at Kalidas Auditorium.]
Let us participate in it, if we are present in campus, and derive benefit on it. Our earlier special sessions on Yoga during semester time can be found in these links (Spring 2013-2014, Autumn 2014-2015, Spring 2014-2015).
Yoga enriches empathy, non- verbal communication skills and spiritual purpose
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In many ways, yoga takes on the form of meditation and during these times of silence and introspection, we can reconnect with who you are. Sometimes it's easy to get caught up listening to the negative language of the scripted news media. Sometimes it's easy to let wounded people bring us down in their pain, pity, and blame. In yoga, all this negative chatter goes out the window as we create our own space. All the external voices dissipate, allowing us to communicate with our inner, most honest self. Yoga allows us to face fears, frustrations and overcome worries - to welcome emotional self -healing.
By releasing tension, yoga allows us to see health in a new light, making mind body, and spirit connections. The more intuitive we become, the more we can respond to another soul's nonverbal communication cues. Yoga can literally increase our inner level of empathy and compassion. We not only learn how all our muscles and bones are consciously connected, we also realize that your actions are connected to the world around us and all the souls we interact with. Moments in time become reflections, as we see yourself in others. When something happens to us, we begin to realize our role in pulling it to us by the way we think, act and set intentions.
The more intuitive, empathic, and conscious we become, learning to interpret events and interact non-verbally with people. In this way, we ascend beyond just connecting verbally. We learn to connect energetically and realize that we are all one connected consciousness. What we do to others, we do to ourselves. This realization can bring a level of spiritual fulfillment not found in the many man-made religions. By tuning out of the external world, its expectations and fears, you find yourself lifting to new heights of appreciation and love for all. This can bring an empowering sense of spiritual purpose.
For those who are scared to connect in profound ways, yoga is definitely for us, too. As we let go of physical tension, we can also let go of negative thought patterns and open our heart to healing. Yoga is not only for stretching muscles, it is also an open door for stretching our character and connection to all living things. Yoga is not only for strengthening physical posture, it's also useful for posturing our spirit to face fear and blame which may be consuming and destroying the quality of our life.
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