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NSU demands incorporation of yoga in curriculum

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Nepal Student's Union (NSU) has urged the authorities concerned to consider incorporating yoga concepts in school curriculum.
By Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Nepal Student's Union (NSU) has urged the authorities concerned to consider incorporating yoga concepts in school curriculum. 



At a program organized by the Central Committee of the student wing of the Nepali Congress (NC) in the capital today on the occasion of the second Yoga Day, NC senior leader Ramchandra Poudel spoke of the need to do yoga in our daily lives for practicing spiritualism , arguing that materialism alone does not make one's life joyous. 



He insisted, "Yoga should be incorporated as a part of the curriculum which brings about a delicate balance to life that embraces yoga." 



On the occasion, NSU President Nain Singh Mahar declared to work out on incorporation of yoga in the curriculum from today itself. He pledged that the NSU would press on this agenda, acknowledging the importance of yoga in the life of the students. 



Also speaking at the program, Osho Tapoban's Swami Ananda Arun established the importance of yoga by citing its role in helping attain to human body to achieve four supreme goals of humankind in Hindu faith- Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moskya. RSS 


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