Guidelines Higher Secondary School Yoga Teacher
Guidelines Higher Secondary School Yoga Teacher
Guidelines Higher Secondary School Yoga Teacher
The YCB Technical Committee approved the syllabus and guidelines for certification of Higher Secondary
School Yoga Teachers under Yoga Education and Training.
The certification of Higher Secondary School Yoga Teachers will be done by YCB approved PrCBs,
Leading Yoga Institutions, Yoga Institutions, Yoga Training & Therapy Centres and Yoga Training
Centres.
Eligibility criteria, marks distribution and syllabus for Higher Secondary School Yoga Teacher is as
follows:
Higher Secondary Shall act as Yoga teacher in Higher Secondary Equivalent to not less than
School Yoga School for preventive healthcare and 400 hours of Yoga Training
Teacher promotion of wellness in school kids (Class IX program me.
to XII).
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Marks Distribution:
9. The candidate has to secure 70% marks in each of the theory and practical to qualify/pass the
assessment. However, maximum 5% grace marks may be given either for theory/practical paper but
overall qualifying percentage shall remain 70%.
10. In case marks are in decimal figure, it should be rounded off to the next higher number.
11. Number of questions to be equally divided in all units and sub units.
12. Validity of the Certificate would be 5 years after certification.
Theory
Total 60
Practical
A Teaching Skills 70
B Demonstration Skills 40
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C Knowledge and Attitude 20
Total 140
1.1 Yoga: Meaning, definitions of Yoga from Bhagwad Gita with teenagers‘ perspective
1.2 Aim, objectives and misconceptions
1.3 Guiding principles to be followed by Yoga practitioners
1.4 Antahkarna Chatushtaya- chitta, manas,buddi, ahankara
1.5 Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga
1.6 Karma Yoga, Hatha Yoga
1.7 Concept of Panchamahabhuta
1.8 Impact of Sūrya Namaskāra on health systems
1.9 Concept of Asanas from Patanjali Yoga Sutra, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita
1.10 Introduction to Meditation
2.1 Yogic positive attitudes - Maitri, Karuņa, Muditā,Upekṣa and its application in interpersonal
relationship and community living
2.2 Concept of bhāvas - Dharma, Jñāna, Vairāgya, Aiśvarya and their relevance inholistic health
2.3 Karma Yoga in BhagwadGītā
2.4 Nature our teacher, role play
2.5 Biography of great people, saints, gurus
2.6 Śreyas and Preyas
2.7 Concept of Triguna
2.8 Introduction to SthūlaVyāyāma
2.9 Śodhanakriyā – Neti, Trāṭaka, Kapālabhāti
2.10 Prāņāyāma
Practical
A. TEACHING SKILL: Use of Music, Creative arts, Performing arts, Organizational activities with
repeated emphasis on awareness of the task at hand, awareness of body-mind connection.Observation and
measurement skills for evaluation. It also includes structure of class, learning process in psycho-physical and
affective domain needed.
4.1 Prayer: Concept and recitation of Praņava andhymns.
Pranavajapa is recitation on the sacred mantra Om, as outlined in the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and
the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Focusing the mind on the sound of the mantra ―Aum‖ – the sacred syllable that
both symbolizes and embodies Brahman, the Absolute Reality – as the mantra is constantly repeated in
unison with the breath.
The Upanishads (both the major and minor) are full of references to Aum and meditation on Aum. Below is
a small sampling:
"He who utters Om with the intention ‗I shall attain Brahman‘ does verily attain Brahman." - Taittiriya
Upanishad 1.8.1
"The Self is of the nature of the Syllable Om...Meditate on Om as the Self" - Mandukya Upanishad 1.8.12,
2.2.3)
"God is the Syllable Om, out of Him proceeds the Supreme Knowledge." – Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:17)
4.2 Yoga Cleansing Techniques
Knowledge and Practice of Jal Neti, Trāṭaka and Kapālabhāti.
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4.3.2.1 SarvāṅgaPuṣṭi
4.3.2.2 HridGati (EngineDaud)
4.3.2.3 Rekha Gati
4.3.2.4 Utkūrdana
4.3.3 ShithlikarņaVyāyāma:
Neck movements
Eye ball movements
Arms Rotation
Finger strengthening
Shoulder rotation
Jogging
Toe walking
Heel walking
Animal walks – Frog hopping, Bear walk, Tiger walk, Crow walking, Pigeon walk, Elephant
walk.
Drill walking
Hand claps
Donkey kick
Rowing
Chakkichalana
Bhunamana
Butterfly strokes
Cycling –forward and backward
Pashchimottana – Halasana stretch
Naukachalana
4.4 SūryaNamaskāra
4.5 Yogāsana
Tadasana
Vrikshasana
Utkatasana
Hastottanasana
Trikonasana
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Katichakrasana
Padmasana
Yogamudrasana
Paschimottanasana
Ushtrasana
Uttanapadasana
Pawanamuktasana
Chakrasana
Ardhahalasana
Dhanurasana
Shavasana
Breathing with Awareness
Shatkriya: Trataka
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May Mitra and Varuna be blissful to us; May Aryamaa (one of the Aadityas) be blissful to us; May Indra and
Brihaspati be blissful to us; May Vishnu of vast strides grant us happiness; O Vaayu‘ salutation unto you; Thou art
verily Brahman immediate; I shall call thee alone as immediate Brahman; I shall call you Ritaa or righteousness. I
shall call you Truth. May that Brahman protect the teacher! May it protect me! May it protect the teacher! Om, Peace
be; peace be, peace be.
Om poornamadahapoornamidampoornaatpoornamudachyute |
Poornasyapoornamaadaayapoornamevaavasishyate || || Om Shantih; shantih; shantih ||
That is whole, this is whole; from the whole, the whole becomes manifest. From the whole when the whole is negated,
what remains is again the whole.
Om bhadramkarnebhih srunuyaamadevaaha; bhadrampasyemaakshabhir-yajatraaah | sthirair-angais-
tushtuvaagamsas-tanoobhihvyasemadevahitamyadaayuh || swastinaindrovriddhasravaah;
swastinahapooshaviswavedaah | swastinastaarkshyoarishtanemih; swastinoebrihaspatir-dadhaatu | | || Om shantih,
shantih, shantih || (Isavasya, Svetaavataara, Brihadaaranyaka)
O ye Gods, may we hear with our ears (always) what is auspicious; O Worshipful Ones, may we with our eyes see
(always) what is auspicious. May we live the entire length of our allotted life hale and hearty, offering our praises
(unto Thee). May Indra, the ancient and famous, Sun (Pusan) the all knowing, the Lord of swift motion (Vaayu) who
saves us from all harms and Brihaspati who protects the spiritual wealth in us—bless us (with intellectual strength to
understand the scriptures and the heroic heart to follow the teachings). Om Peace be; peace be; peace be.
C. KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE: Yogic games, Story-telling based on moral values drawn from
Upanishads, dramatics, mime acts based on Bhagvad Gita, Upanishads.
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Brahmachari
6 Swami : Yogic SuksmaVyayama,
Dhirendra Dhirendra Yoga Publications, New Delhi, 1986
Basavaraddi,
7 I. V. & Yoga Teachers Manual for School Teachers,
othersSahay G. S. : MDNIY, New Delhi, 2010
Hathayogapradipika, MDNIY, New Delhi, 2013
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Reference books for Practicum
1 Brahmachari : Yogic SuksmaVyayama,
. Swami Dhirendra Dhirendra Yoga Prakashana, New Delhi
2 Brahmachari, : YogasanaVijnana,
. Swami Dhirendra Dhirendra Yoga Prakashana, New Delhi
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1 Quality Council of : Yoga professionals Official Guidebook
1 India (QCI) for Level 1, Excel Books, New Delhi
. 2016
1 Basavaraddi, I. V. : Yoga Teachers Manual for School
5 & others Teachers, MDNIY, New Delhi, 2010
.
1 Gharote, M.L. : Teaching Methods for Yogic practices,
6 Kaivalyadhama Ashram, Lonavla
.
1 Iyengar, BKS : Yoga Shastra (Vol-I & II) Ramamani
7 Iyengar Memorial Yoga, Institute, Pune
. Yogacharya
Hansraj Yadav Yoga for Students, Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan Publication.
Yogacharya Yogayana for Mental Composure,
Hansraj Yadav Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Publication.
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