Spanda

Introduction

Education goes beyond accumulating information and pursuing careers. The current education system heavily focuses on developing the left brain, which represents intellect, while neglecting the right brain, responsible for emotions and creativity. Emotions play a crucial role in shaping behavior and handling life’s challenges. Without nurturing emotional intelligence, individuals struggle with conflicts, blocks, and psychological issues, leading to unrest and psychosomatic diseases.

“It is short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not already completely strangled the holy curiosity of enquiry, because what the delicate little plant needs most, apart from initial stimulation, is freedom; without that it is surely destroyed”.

In the yogic system, knowledge assimilation occurs spontaneously at deeper levels of the mind. The pineal gland plays a significant role in this process. However, over time, it has degenerated, with its influence diminishing with age. Yoga recognizes the pineal gland as the monitoring and regulating station in the brain, balancing its activities and maintaining receptive order. In yoga, the pineal gland is said to be the physical correlate of the Ajna. Yogis refer to it as the third eye, while philosophers call the supermind.

Yoga, an art and science of living, encompasses various disciplines for the holistic development of individuals. Beginning with the physical body through the practice of Asanas, yoga gradually integrates the mind and body. Pranayama, the control of breath, oxygenates the brain and directly impacts emotions, fostering emotional stability and unleashing mental and creative energies. Relaxation techniques reduce stress, quiet the mind, and channel focused mental energy, leading to equanimity.

In summary, education should transcend the mere accumulation of information and career goals. By embracing the principles of emotional intelligence and incorporating practices like yoga, we can foster a harmonious integration of mind, body, and emotions, leading to a more balanced and fulfilling life.

Yoga serves as a comprehensive education system applicable to all students, cultivating physical strength, mental discipline, attention, concentration, and latent creativity. It promotes a balanced and total personality, making it a valuable tool for personal growth and development.

Programs

Offered

Short-Term
Certificates Program

IYA Courses

YCB Courses

Workshop on specific Yoga related topics

Our

Mentor

Mary Cecil Yogacharya

Yogacharya Mary Cecil is the HOD, Department of Yoga, NSHM School of Health Sciences., NSHM Knowledge Campus WB.
She is the Chairperson (Academics) Indian Yoga Association, WB Chapter.
She is a Visiting Teacher at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh.
She is a Council Member of WICCI West Bengal Yoga Council.
She is the Yoga ambassador of FitExpo, the largest fitness expo of Eastern India.
She is a Life Member of Indian Yoga Association.

Explanation of

SPANDA is a Sanskrit term that refers to the subtle creative pulse of the universe as it manifests into the dynamism of living form. When we can sense the throb of SPANDA inside us, we are sensing our personalized spark of the omnipresent and vast primordial life force. SPANDA vitalizes every movement – the breath, cellular metabolism, thoughts and feelings. By attuning to SPANDA and working with it, we not only release contractions on the physical level, but go deep into ourselves to reveal our authentic, multidimensional wholeness.

Yoga Darshana of Maharishi Patanjali , based on the Samkhya Darshana, is perhaps the earliest philosophy to emerge from the Vedic corpus. It encourages aspirants to undertake a discriminative analysis of creation, and thereby realise one’s true nature. Samkhya postulates two eternal realities:

PURUSHA : the witnessing consciousness , and PRAKRITI : the root cause of creation, composed of three GUNAS SATTVA, RAJAS & TAMAS.

When all the three gunas are in harmony and balance, prakriti is in its unmanifest form. The manifest evolution begins with that first SPANDA – the subtle vibrational essence, leading to the first evolute of Prakriti : MAHAT, the supreme intelligence, metaphorically referred to as HIRANYAGARBHA : the womb of creation.