Yoga for Youth by S Sridharan

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Yoga for Youth

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S SridharanMember, Governing Council, MDNIY

Trustee, Krishnamacharya YogaMandiram, Chennai


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Yogacarya T Krishnamacharya classies the practice part of Yoga into three segments based on the proportion between

asana, präëäyäma and dhyäna.

The classication is based on the ashrama concept of vedicperiod. The ashramas! are brahmacharya studentship!,grahasta married life!, vanaprastha retired! and sanyasa

giving up everything!Brahmachari Grahasta !ana"rastha

s"#$i Sthiti %aya

&äsana!'(präëäyäma!')dhyäna!

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The proportion is on the time ta*en for practice. Suppose onehas + minutes of time available for practice, the S"#$i*arma, involves & minutes on asana practice, ( minutes onpräëäyäma practice and ) minutes on dhyäna practice.

Yoga for youth comes under the -s"#$i *rama.

-s"#$i *rama as the very word suggests is focus on thecreation! growth, as the youth is time of growth.

Youth is also the time to guide the growth of body and mind

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/hat and how the practice is designed for the Youth0

There is a further division as given below'

Brahmachari Grahasta !ana"rastha1i*#aëa *rama ra*#aëa *rama 2dhyätmi*a*rama

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The proper description of the posture with how thevarious parts of the body are *ept is taught.

/hile teaching the practice, the proper way is reaching orachieving the posture is taught. This is called -vinyasa.

-vinyasa means -to specially, properly place.

-vinyasa is to devise the step3by3step movement ofreaching the posture.

The reason is to appreciate the -dharma of the body and

to avoid in4uries and harm to the body himsa!.&


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The 5ualitative aspect of the s"#$i *rama is the1i*#aëa *rama, which means to learn and practiceas per the classical way.

6n the 1i*#aëa *rama primary importance is givento learn the correct 'orm o' the "osture and

"ractice accordingly(

The proper description of the posture with how thevarious parts of the body are *ept is taught.

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7or e8ample if it is-9ädahastäsana, the description

would involve important pointsli*e

*eeping the feet and *neestogether,

upper part of the body benddown enough so that theforehead touches below

the *nees and palms are

inserted into the feet.*


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:oncept of ;inyasa *rama

/hile teaching the äsana, the proper way of reaching orachieving the posture is taught.

This is called -vinyasa *rama. -;inyasa means -to specially,properly place.

-;inyasa *rama is to devise the step3by3step movement ofreaching the posture.

The reason is to appreciate the -dharma of the body and toavoid in4uries and harm to the body himsa!.

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The starting point of a -vinyasa is normaland natural position of the body which isproperly balanced. This is called

-samasthiti.

;ery often, particularly in the ancient time, itwas always a standing position.

There can be seated and lying positions also.

There can be more than one or two steps fora posture.


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6n achieving the steps also the starting point ofthe body and the movement are also ta*en careof.

=8ample' >ttänäsana'

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The second important aspect is use of breath. The se5uence of

postures is done with proper breathing. 6nhale?@old?=8hale?@old!

:ertain rules such as e8hale on bending forward?twisting etc areto be followed.

To ma*e the practice more -mindful the breathing starts rst and

the movement follows and the movement ends and breathingends.

Aovement helps in better stretch and hence wor*s on the 4ointsand ma*es them supple, while hold of the posture will help instrengthening.


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=8ample' >ttänäsana with breathing se5uence

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6t is ideal for the practitioner to have a reasonable

amount of alignment of the body, as se5uence practiceloc.s the body.

6f the se5uence of postures is practised, strictly accordingto the rules with an improperly aligned body, it wouldharm the body

6f the alignment is not proper, the student can be put topractice certain postures with modications and bringthe alignment and then ma*e them practice the vinyasa.

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=8ample'

7or correcting -Kyphosis ';Brabhadräsana

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=8ample'

7or-%ordosis'

-9ar1va>ttänäsana

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>se of sound, especially, mantrashelps in achieving concentration inthe postures.

>se of bhävana helps in ma*ingthe mind still. =8ample' Thin* of-


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To sum up, se5uential practice ofpostures, called -vinyasa will help youthto achieve suppleness and strength ofthe body.

6ntroduction of breath, mantra andbhävana will help in bringing calmnessat the level of the Aind.

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