Ayush organises yoga workshop for schoolteachers

MYSORE: It is a widely acclaimed fact that yoga reduces anxiety and stress, resulting in good health, and that a yoga practitioner gets numerous health benefits. With this motto, the department of Ayush, in association with zilla panchayat, started yoga education camp for schoolteachers on Monday.Around 100 teachers from HD Kote are participating in the six day-yoga camp. Regional Telecom Training Centre has become a home for the participants for a week. They are being introduced to yoga, health and home treatment during a 12-hour session between 6am and 6pm. They are trained in different forms of yoga like Ashtangayoga, nature therapy, pranik healing, Ganapati exercise and the like.
“Yoga has international acceptance. It should be taught from grass-root level. If we teach schoolteachers, they will pass on the knowledge to students, which will be beneficial to them,” said Dr Nagesh, district Ayush officer.Besides being educated and trained in yoga, the teachers are also kept on strict food diet. Food cooked without using garlic, onion, tomato and brinjal make their meal. “Ayurvedic food diet is followed. It will help teachers with good health,” said Jayarevanna, yoga adviser from Ayush.The camp is mostly attended by physical education teachers. They have come here on their own interest, and with an intention to learn yoga so it can be taught to their students later.
“It is a very good programme. I heard about special food diet. It is a new experience for us, and I’m sure it enhances our teaching method,” said Vimala T, PE trainer from a school in Sogehalli near HD Kote.A similar programme was conducted last year for schoolteachers from Nanjangud and T Narasipura, and it was successful. “This is the first batch for this academic year. The next two batches will cover teachers from Periyapatna and Mysore taluk,” Nagesh said.