Yoga for Personality Development

Paper Code: 
YOG -224 (B)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To immense amount of awareness, concentration and higher level of consciousness.
  • To enable the student to have good health and emotions stability.
  • To practice mental hygine.

 

Unit I: 
Introduction
  1. 1  Yogic concepts of personality - Yoga for integrated personality development
  2. 2   Dimensions of integrated personality –
  3. 3   Yoga – Meaning –Definition – Principles –
  4. 4   Type of Yoga –
  5. 5    Role of Panchakosha in Personality Development.

 

Unit II: 
Self-Management
  1. 2.1  Facing Problems – Controlling Anger –
  2. 2.2  Need to Cultivate compassion –
  3. 2.3  Overcoming of Jealous and selfishness –
  4. 2.4  Cultivating Virtue Yoga.

 

Unit III: 
Technique for happy and Successful Living

3.1 Power of Mind - Harmony of Living – Communications

3.2 Soft Skill – Cultivating Skillful Speech.

 

Unit IV: 
Yoga for Self Development

4.1 Self Esteem – Self Analysis – SWOT Analysis
4.2 Yogic Way of Life - Ahara (food) - Vihara (recreation) - Acara (conduct) -
4.3 Vichara (thought) - Vyavahara (behavior).

 

Unit V: 
Yogic practices for Personality Development

5.1 Asana

5.2 Praṇayama 

         5.3 Meditation
         5.4 Relaxation – Awareness - self-awareness - self-reliance 

References: 
  • Rukmani T.S. (1999). Yoga Vrttika of Vijnanabhiksu. Delhi, Mushiram Manohar Lal Taimni I.K. (1961)
  • The Science of Yoga. The Theological Publishing House, Adyar, Madras, India. Santrock, John W. (2007).
  • A Topical Approach to Life Span Development. New Delhi: Tata McGraw- Hill Publishing Company Limited. Saraswati, Swami Niranjanananda (1997).
  • Gheraṇda Saṃhita. Munger: Bihar Yoga Bharati. Saraswati, Swami Satyananda (1996). Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha. Munger (Bihar): Yoga Publications Trust. Saraswati, Swami Satyananda (1998)
  • Yoga Nidra. Munger: Yoga Publications Trust. Saraswati, Swami Satyananda (2004). Nine      
    Principle of Upnishads. Munger (Bihar): Yoga Publication Trust. Saraswati, Swami Satyananda (2011).
  • Four Chapters of Freedom: Commentary on the Yoga Sutra of Sage Patanjali. Munger (Bihar): Yoga Publication Trust. Saraswati, Swami Satyananda (2011).
  • Concept of personality: Indian perspective'. Ind Psychiatry J., 2012.

 

Academic Year: 
2022-23
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