Yoga education has come a long way in this country and of late elsewhere across the globe. Beginning with crash courses, camps, certificate, Diploma among many a other, these days you have courses at the Degree, Post Graduate and Ph.D level too. “Thanks to the ever-increasing curiosity, enthusiasm and commitment towards learning Yoga, it has become a powerful tool for self-employment”, says Dr Nagaratna Raghuram, Medical Director of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandana Samsthana Arogyadhama(S-VYASA), here.
S-VYASA, the only University dedicated to Yoga in the country: “In fact, these days you have any number of educational institutions offering many Yoga related courses. However, S-VYASA happens to be the only University in the country completely dedicated to Yoga studies”, she says.
Eight Central Universities have separate Yoga Departments: “For record sake, Bihar School of Yoga (BSY) hitherto based out of Munger in Bihar happens to be the first institution imparting Yoga courses in the country. Sadly, it closed down for various problems long back. Ours (S-VYASA) is the second one. You also have the Baba Ramdev institute catering to Yoga courses. There is another organization called Deva Samskruti Vidyapeetha, but it is not a University. There are many Universities, including the new eight Central Universities wherein you have separate Yoga Departments and most of them are headed by our former students”, proudly exclaimed Dr Nagaratna Raghuram.
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| Dr Nagaratna Raghuram |
Yoga courses a big boost for self-employment: She also asserts-“Of course, there are several courses on offer. But the B Sc in Yoga at the degree level and M Sc in Yoga at the Post Graduate level have proved to be career-oriented, lucrative, professional courses. Apart from the individual well being these courses have evolved into a powerful tool for generation of self-employment”, informs Dr Nagaratna Raghuram.
Yoga PG earns more than an Engineering graduate: Just to give an instance of how Yoga courses matter in reality, she illustrated an example-“There are twins who are both engineering graduates. One of them pursued M Sc in Yoga while the other became a software professional. Interestingly, the software professional got a job with a salary of Rs.40, 000/- while the other with an M Sc in Yoga bagged a hefty package of Rs.1, 20,000/-“.
S-VYASA offers multiple courses: Dr Nagaratna Raghuram also enlists the variety of courses on offer at the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandana Samsthana Arogyadhama(S-VYASA). The Yoga courses are as follows:
*B Sc and M Sc in Yoga & Education
*B Sc and M Sc in Yoga
*B Sc and M Sc in Yoga & Management
*BNYS, MD (Yoga and rehab), Ph.D
Nowadays distance mode of learning is also made available. One can visit www.svyasadde.com for more details.
Arogyadhama, a unique personalized treatment centre: Dr Nagaratna Raghuram also dwelt with the multiple facilities provided at the Arogyadhama. She says “Arogyadhama is a unique personalized treatment centre with modern medicine, integrated approach of Yoga Therapy, Ayurvedic and Naturopathy including Pancha Karma, and all of these are available under one roof for wonderful results. More details can be had on at http://www.svyasa.org/arogyadhama/arogyadhama.asp”.
-Manohar Yadavatti
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