Kaivalyadhama - 8th International Conference Brochure by Kaivalyadhama

K A I VA LYA D H A M A Y O G A I N S T I T U T E , L O N AV L A , I N D I A 1

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Index Swami Kuvalayananda

Why a Conference on Yoga & Education?

Conference Program

Objectives

Collaborators

Conference Themes

Conference Sessions

Speakers

Call for Papers

Swami Kuvalayananda (1883-1966), the undisputed pioneer of scientific research in yoga, had envisioned yoga as the most effective tool for social renaissance & evolution of human consciousness. In his words, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A propagation of yoga after due research in it goes a

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long way in bringing about a healthy rapprochement between science and spirituality, thereby helping mankind to lead a truly regenerative life.â&#x20AC;? The worldwide awareness of yoga, evident today, warrants a deeper understanding of its basic principles, pertaining to its very nature & practice.

Why a conference on Yoga & Education? Kaivalyadhama has chosen to organize its 8th International

of a serious agenda on educational reform. Our task is therefore a

Conference on “Yoga & Education: Principles and Practice” as we

daunting and formidable one.

recognize the profound influence that yoga can have in the field of education. The literal translation of yoga means “integration” or

Therefore, we choose to come together here in Lonavla, India not

“union”. We at Kaivalyadhama have come to see yoga as the science

only to share our successes but also to search for a practical and

which aims to harmonize or unite virtually all aspects of life – the

realistic means by which we can put yoga onto the agendas of edu-

physical, mental, social and spiritual. The most direct and abiding

cators everywhere. This is indeed a lofty goal. However, we feel that

way to achieve this is to integrate yoga into educational systems.

the time is right to use existing research and empirical evidence to convince decision makers of the merits of our cause. It is also high

Our ultimate goal is to see yoga as an inherent part of every curric-

time for us – the teachers and practitioners of yoga - to investigate

ulum all over the world. We believe that such “integration” would

what roadblocks have impeded our progress towards this goal and

result in populations of students who are more empathetic, self

find practicle ways to overcome these. Surely the first step towards

confident and mindful of themselves and one another. The an-

this goal is for the international yogic community to come together

ecdotal and empirical evidence is that schools, which incorporate

in unity of purpose and clarity of voice to put forth our case. Through

yoga into their curricula, find that the learning process is enhanced

our common understanding and dedication to yoga – and true to

through reduced level of stress, improved focus and increased at-

the original meaning of the word – may we seize an opportunity to

tention span. In many parts of the world schools have found that

find this unity and clarity through this gathering here in Lonavla!

integrating yoga into the classroom has had these profound and abiding effects. However, we find ourselves at a point where yoga is not an integral part of a significant number of educational curricula. More to the point, it could not even realistically be seen as part

Conference Program The inauguration of the conference will take place on the 27 th December of 2015 in the afternoon. Full day sessions will be held on the 28th, 29th and 30th Dec 2015.

Objectives 1. To provide an international forum to explore ways in which yoga can be incorporated into and enhance educational practices. 2. To provide a platform for sharing and stimulating innovative and multidisciplinary research on yoga in education. 3. To provide a platform for discussion and exchange of best policies and practices (including the experiential aspects) in implementing yoga into educational systems throughout the world.

Collaborators The conference is being supported by Indian Yoga Association, Council of Yoga Accreditation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; International, Dept. of Higher & Technical Education, Govt. of Maharashtra, and Lonavla Municipal Council

A. Yoga in Schools 1. Basic principles of yoga in relation to the fundamental principles of contemporary education; yoga as a way of teaching â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mindfulnessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;; other ways to integrate yoga for enhancing educational practices. 2. Value-based education through yoga, character building and personality development through yogic attitudes, educatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

Conference Themes A. Yoga in Schools B. Yoga in Higher Learning Institutions

have learning disabilities and developmental disorders, the tradeoff 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.

C. Policies & Leadership Related to Yoga in Education D. Experiential Paradigm of Yoga in Education

5. Experiences of applying yogic practices in special schools for juvenile delinquents, community education centres for street children/ adolescents, etc.

B. Yoga in Higher Learning Institutions 1. Yoga Training All relevant topics as mentioned in the section on schools

2. Yoga research

ii. Scientific Research Surveys representing current statistics on access to yoga training by students and educators in the educational sector, attitudes and motivation of the Management of various government and private educational settings to yoga and yoga training: 1. Research on currently conducted yoga training practices for all types of students mentioned above and their educators in all types of educational settings ranging from schools to universities to

Philosophico-Literary & Scientific research on yoga in education:

research institutes - case studies as well as experimental research,

i. Philosophico-Literary research

research on improvement in yoga training in educational set-

1. Research related to ancient texts indicating broad educational

findings.

practices for transmission of yogic techniques in ancient India.

tings through incorporating the suggestions from earlier research

2. Research on the attitudes of parents of students to yoga and yoga

2. The evolution of yoga education in ancient India as inferred

training, research on motivational aspects available to students in

from ancient manuscripts, historic surveys, archaeological records,

learning and imbibing yogic knowledge and practices.

anthropological/ sociological/cultural works. 3. Principles/accounts of yoga in education as obtainable from authoritative ancient treatises and texts of yoga, commentaries of yogic texts, critical editions of commentaries of yogic texts, living traditions of yoga, different schools of yoga.

3. Research on efforts taken by yoga teachers in educational settings for deepening their insights and practice. 4. Fundamental research related to the psycho-physiological, bio-chemical, and neuro-psychological implications of yogic practices on the educational development of students.

4. Principles/accounts related to yoga in education as obtainable from the Bhagwat Gita, Shrimat Bhagwat, Patanjala Yoga Sutras, the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Brahmanas, the Puranas, etc.

C. Policies & Leadership Related to Yoga in Education

D. Experiential Paradigm of Yoga in Education

Policies

Contribution

Formulation of effective policies, as well as, research on current

Contributions of earlier Gurus, stalwarts and eminent personalities

national and international policies relevant to yoga in education;

all across the world (e.g. Swami Kuvalayananda) to impart knowl-

suggestions for policy revamping.

edge of yoga as well as lead the younger generation by example.

Leadership

Exploration

Best leadership practices and strategies related to yoga worldwide.

Exploration of the multi-levels of self-awareness achieved through yoga, and efforts taken by contemporary practitioners, educators and institutions to keep this experiential paradigm alive in pedagogy.

Conference Sessions Plenary Session

addressed by eminent scholars

Poster & Paper presentation sessions

Oral presentations and exhibits of research on yoga in education

Panel discussions

Dialogues amongst panelists to chart the way ahead

Question & Answer session

An open interactive session with a scholarly panel

Practice sessions / Spiritual Discourses

Different schools of yoga holding practical yoga sessions and/or enlightening talks

Cultural Programmes

Musical spiritual evenings that take one toward a blissful state of being

Language Medium of the Conference The proceedings of the conference will be conducted mainly in English. If there are a sufficient number of papers either in Hindi or in foreign languages like Japanese, Chinese, French, Italian, German or Spanish, separate sessions for the respective languages could be arranged.

Speakers Opening Ceremony

3. Sat Bir S. Khalsa

1. Suresh Prabhu

4. Shirley Telles

2. Justice B. N. Shrikrishna

5. H. R. Nagendra

3. Swami Maheshananda

6. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai

Cabinet Minister of Railways, India Retired Judge, Supreme Court of India Chairman, Kaivalyadhama Samiti

Asst. Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA Chief Research Consultant, Patanjali Yogpeeth, India Vice-Chancellor, SVYASA University, India Former Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, India

4. Shri O. P. Tiwari

Secretary, Kaivalyadhama Samiti

5. Swami Adhyatmananda

President, The Divine Life Society, India

6. Justice D. R. Dhanuka

Former Judge - Bombay High Court

Panelists 1. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani

Chairman, International Centre for Yoga Education and Research (ICYER), Pondicherry, India

2. Carla Tantillo

Plenary Speakers 1. N. Ganesh Rao

Professor of Yoga, Kaivalyadhama Mumbai, India

2. Micheline Flak

Senior Yoga Expert & Research Guide, France

Founder, Mindful practices, USA

3. B. M. Hegde

Retired Vice Chancellor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

4. Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan

Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, India

5. Goran Boll - Founder MediYoga, Sweden

6. Ishwar Basavaraddi

Director, Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, India

7. D. R. Kaarthikeyan

Retired Director General, National Human Rights Commission and Central Bureau of Investigation, India

8. Karma Carpenter-Shea

Founder, K-12YOGA.org, USA

9. S. Krishnamurthy

Retired CEO, Beams Hospitals Ltd, India

10. Latha Satish

Managing Trustee In Charge, Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, India

11. Jyoti Bajaj

Director, TheYogaKids, Canada

12. Rajan Narayanan

Executive Director, Life in Yoga Foundation and Institute, USA

13. Sunil Saini

Director , Cancer Research Institute, SRHU, India

14. Philip Connor

Satyananda Yoga Academy, Australia

15. Madhusudan Penna

Head, Department of Indian Philosophy and Yogashastra, Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, India

16. S. P. Mishra

Vice-Chancellor, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalya, India

17. Ulka Natu

Director, Prajnana Yoga Anusandnana Kendra, India

18. U. S. Ray

Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy, Dept of AYUSH, Govt. of India

19. Ramesh Bijlani

Author & Former Head of Dept. of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India

20. Santosh Panda

Chairman, National Council for Teachers Education

21. A. M. Moorthy

Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University, India

22. Bishop Thomas Dabre

Bishop of Poona Diocese, India

23. Mr. Hiroshi Aikata

Professor of Philosophy, Thailand

24. Saroj Yadav

Head of the Department of Education in Social Sciences (NCERT), India

25. Vishwas Mandlik

Vice Chancellor, Yoga Vidya Gurukul, Nasik

26. Samprasad Vinod

Founder, Patanjal Yoga, India

27. S. N. Pathan

EX-Vice-Chancellor, Nagpur University, India

28. B. N. Gangadhar

Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), India

29. B. R. Sharma

Principal, GS College of Yoga & Cultural Synthesis, Kaivalyadhama

9. Kausthubh Desikachar

Yoga educator, Founder - Yoga Makaranda, India

30. G. Ramakrishna

Eminent Sanskrit Scholar

31. Bhushan Upadhyay

Additional Director General of Police

Valedictory 1. Shri. Shripad Naik

Workshops

Union Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)

1. Amrta Suryananda Maharaj

President, Yoga Portuguese Confederation, Portugal

2. Rajvi Mehta

Chief Scientist, Trivector Embryo Support Academy, India

3. Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati Doctor, Bihar School of Yoga, India

4. Swami Anubhavananda 5. Swami Bharat Bhushan 6. Yogacharya Srikrishna Vyahvare Yoga Vidya Niketan

7. Pandit Radheyshyam Mishra Director, Ujjain Life Society, India

8. Hamir & Nirmala Ganla

Senior Vipassana teachers & Retd. Medical Professionals

Guidelines for Paper Presentations Soft copies of the abstract (up to 250 words) and full-texts of papers (up to 3000 words) need to be emailed to kdhamconference@gmail. com. Participants need to follow American Psychological Association (APA) style for References. More information can be found at http://www.ym-kdham.in/contributors.asp.

Guidelines for Poster Presentations Call for Papers

Format: 250-word Abstract, Introduction, Method & Materials, Results, Tables & Figures, and Conclusions. Full Poster Size: 3’ x 4’ Border: 1/2 inch Poster Text size: Title - 80 pt., Sub-title – 72 pt. with author name(s), designation(s) department(s), Body text – 22-25 pt. Any clearly readable font can be used.

Registrations Registrations can be done either online at www.kdham.com or with the help of the provided printed form. Registration fees are given in the table. Registration will be confirmed after the payment of the registration fee. Special group discounts for more than ten people are available.

Registration Entitlements 1. Registration kit; invitations to the inauguration, valedictory, and cultural programmes. 2. Access to all conference sessions and morning yoga-practice sessions. 3. Dormitory/Shared accommodation in the campus.

*Student concession A certificate from the Head of the Department/Institute stating that they are a bona fide student of their educational institution

4. Vegetarian breakfast, lunch, dinner, and afternoon tea on all conference days. Note: Although we will try, kits cannot be assured for spot registrations.

is mandatory. A studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concession is also available for past and present students of Kaivalyadhama. Kaivalyadhama alumni need to enclose a copy of their past course certificate.

Registration Fees

*Senior citizen concession

INDIAN NATIONALS

Senior citizens above 65 years of age (other than self-employed) can