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A. Yoga in Schools
1. Basic principles of yoga in relation to the fundamental principles of contemporary education;
yoga as a way of teaching ‘mindfulness’; other ways to integrate yoga for enhancing educational
practices
2. Value-based education through yoga, character building and personality development through
CONFERENCE THEMES
yogic attitudes, educator’s creativity in simplifying concepts related to yogic values and attitudes
through fun and joyful activities
3. Yoga protocols for school students who are gifted, normal, differently-abled, physically disabled,
intellectually disabled, and who have learning disabilities and developmental disorders,
the trade-off between standardizing and customizing such protocols, practical difficulties faced
during implementation and possible solutions
4. Yogic principles pertaining to counselling, managing stress, interpersonal and intrapersonal
emotion management, and psychological problems of students and their educators, complete
body-mind training for all-round well-being and actualization of the potentials of students and
their educators through yoga
5. Experiences of applying yogic practices in special schools for juvenile delinquents, community
education centres for street children/adolescents, etc.
YOGA & EDUCATION: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
8 th International Conference • 27-30 December 2015