JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisite

None

Course Objectives:

• To achieve overall health of body and mind
• To overcome stress

Course Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Develop healthy mind in a healthy body thus improving social health also
• Improve efficiency

UNIT - I

Definitions of Eight parts of yog. (Ashtanga)

UNIT - II

Yam and Niyam.

UNIT - III

Do`s and Don’t’s in life.

• i) Ahinsa, satya, astheya, bramhacharya and aparigraha
• ii) Shaucha, santosh, tapa, swadhyay, ishwarpranidhan

UNIT - IV

Asan and Pranayam

UNIT - V

• i) Various yog poses and their benefits for mind & body
• ii) Regularization of breathing techniques and its effects-Types of pranayam

TEXT BOOKS/ REFERENCES:

• 1. ‘Yogic Asanas for Group Tarining-Part-I”: Janardan Swami Yogabhyasi Mandal, Nagpur
• 2. “Rajayoga or conquering the Internal Nature” by Swami Vivekananda, Advaita Ashrama (Publication Department), Kolkata M.Pharm (Industrial Pharmacy)