International Yoga Day 2023: Impact Of Indian Yoga On The Western Countries

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West has always shown a remarkable understanding of yoga and its benefits. Many schools in western countries, have introduced yoga as a part of their syllabus in schools and colleges.

Yoga takes care of the wellbeing of students on the mental emotional physical and spiritual level.
Yoga is understood more as a series of physical exercises that help one gain flexibility and balance in the body. There is a difference between yoga and yogasanas.

Yoga is more spiritual and yogasanas are about exercising the body. Regular practice of yoga can improve the cognitive skills in children. Children can have a better awareness about their bodies.

Yogasanas also to certain extent help the mind. One can be more mindful, alert and be calmer with better focus by doing pranayama, relaxation and visualization techniques.

Especially kids need these because of the high competitive atmosphere at school and pains of growing up
Yoga helps kids develop certain sense of self control through meditation, and helps them to manage themselves and their impulses, and make them strong enough to face the harsh realities of life.

This develops life intelligence and helps the kids mature into wise human beings. Children leaning Yoga will develop into responsible citizens who have something to contribute to society. They introduce children to humane values, like empathy and compassion.

The Yama and niyama practices include leaning of humane values such as asteya, aparigraha etc. Practicing yoga in a group draws out shy kids of their shells and help them reach out and express themselves better.
Yoga, although a part of the Hindu religion, does not at the same time, force Hinduism on any non-Hindu practitioner.

As the nature of yoga itself is about universal compassion, humane values, physical postures that are aimed at bringing health to the person who practices it. It helps a kid to evolve towards perfection to the extent humanly possible.

Yoga is generally seen in the west from the following perspectives. Physical fitness improves due to yoga. Preserving physical health is of utmost importance to a westerner and yoga fits in well into this scheme.
Western lifestyle is fast paced and stressful enough to burn out any human being Practice of yoga makes him calm, relaxed, focussed and clear in mind.

Yoga is considered as the first step in knowing oneself better and it encourages introspection and personality development. Advanced yogic practitioners in the west look forward to delving deep into spirituality which is where pursuit of yogasana ends and practice of spiritual yoga begins.

Yoga is highly commercialised these days and has lost its soul due to of the commercial way it has been handled by the west. This has impressed many enthusiasts to learn it and practice it. Yoga, while catering to the western interests, has lost its soul,

Yoga has invaded almost all-American homes and has firmly rooted itself into their culture. Yoga centres, can be seen sprouting everywhere and yogic conferences are an everyday affair in USA.