Foundation of Yoga

Paper Code: 
YOG -121
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 

  • Students will know the exact face of yoga and will not mislead of society.
  • Students would be able to know the journey of yoga and how it varied with time by gaining the knowledge about lineages of yoga.
10.00
Unit I: 
Concept of Yoga

 

  1. 1 Meaning and definition of Yoga.
  2. 2  Aims and objectives of Yoga.
  3. 3  Needs and Importance of Yoga.
  4. 4  Misconceptions related to Yoga.
  5. 5  Basic Principles of Yoga.
12.00
Unit II: 
History and Development of Yoga

2.1    Philosophical and Historical background of YOGA. 

2.2    History and Development of Yoga in Vedas & Upanishad.

2.3    History and Development of Yoga in Buddhism, Jainism and Indian Philosophy.

2.4    Introduction of Samkhya and Yoga Darshan.

2.5     Development of yoga in modern time.

 

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Schools of Yoga

3.1    Introduction to School of Yoga.

3.2    Types of Yoga. 

3.3    Introduction of Vedanta traditions.

3.4    Introduction of Shad Darshan.

3.5    Shudhi Kriya in Yoga.

 

15.00
Unit IV: 
Great Yogic of India

4.1    Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati.

4.2    Swami Vivekanand, Maharishi Raman.

4.3    Swami Shivanand Saraswati, Swami Kuvalyara.

4.4    Swami Ramkrishana Parnamhans.      

 

 

11.00
Unit V: 
Epics in Yoga

5.1    Yoga in Ramayana.

5.2    Yoga in Mahabharat.

5.3    Introduction to Agamas and tantra.

   5.4       Effect of Kundalini Shakti and Shatchakras in yoga Sadhna.  

Essential Readings: 

Reference Books: -

  • Yoga in Vedas - Swami Divyanand
  • Yoga and Yogi - Dr. Anuja Rawat
  • Yoga Maha Vigyan - Dr. Kamakhya Kumar
  • Great Yogi of India - Vishwanath Mukherjee
  • Kalyan Yogank - Geeta Press Gorakhpur
  • Bhakti Sagar - by Swami Charandas.

 

Academic Year: 
2023-24
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