YOGA AND EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY

BY

SHRIKRISHNA MHASKAR

EDUCATION IS USED FOR UNDERSTANDING THE HAPPENINGS AROUND US.

TO GET THE KNOWLEDGE & INFORMATION OF VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

HOWEVER – CHANGES DUE TO PASSAGE OF TIME AND NEED OF TIME.

IN GENERAL IT MEANS – HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY IT IS NATURAL, SPONTANEOUS & CONTINUOUS

PROCESS. IT BRINGS INNATE,DORMANT & HIDDEN POTENTIAL. IT IS BI-POLAR SYSTEM HAVING STUDENT & TEACHER.

“EDUCATION” – ORIGNIATED FROM LATIN WORD – “EDUATUM” COMPOSED OF – “E” AND “DUCO”

“E” – FROM INSIDE “DUCO” – TO LEAD, TO BRING FORTH THUS IT IS AN INSTRUMENT TO EXPLORE &

AWAKEN THE HIDDEN, INNATE POTENTIALS OF MAN, TO BRING OUT DEVELOP THEM SUITABLY.

SOCRATES – IT IS BRINGING OUT THE IDEAS OF UNIVERSAL VALIDITY WHICH ARE LATENT IN THE MIND OF EVERY MAN.

FOREBEL – EDUCATION IS A PROCESS BY WHICH CHILD MAKES ITS INTERNAL, EXTERNAL.

ADDISON – WHEN EDUCATION WORKS ON THE NOBLE MIND IT DRAWS OUT TO VIEW EVERY LATENT PERFECTION.

DR. AMBEDKAR – A SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE. SANE GURUJI – ATTACHING OUR LIFE WITH

BROADER ISSUES.

P. SHASTRI – EDUCATION IS TO FIND OUT. MAHATMA GANDHI – IT IS AN ALL ROUND

DRAWING OUT OF THE BEST IN THE CHILD & MAN – BODY, MIND & SOUL.

DR. JOHN HIBBEN - EDUCATION IS THE ABILITY TO MEET LIFE’S SITUATIONS.

HERBERT SPENCAR - THE GREAT AIM OF EDUCATION IS NOT KNOWLEDGE BUT ACTION.

THEREFOREIN EDUCATION BIG BECOMES SMALL,

TO MAKE THE SMALL BIG

IT IS A CONTINUOUS AND UNENDING PROCESS CONSISTING OF LEARNING AND TEACHING.

ARE INDEPENDENT & COMPLEMENTARY. BASIC LEARNING OF SUBJECT, FURTHER

EXTENDED BY WAY OF LEARNING HOW TO TEACH.

TRADITIONALLY BI-POLAR – TEACHER & STUDENT – MODERN SYSTEM ADDED – ENVIRONMENT AS A THIRD POLE.

FORMAL EDUCATION – FEATURES IMPARTED SYSTEMATICALLY AND

THEMATICALLY SPECIFIC AGE GROUP IN TUNE WITH THE

CERTAIN OBJECTIVE & DIRECT SYSTEM OF GIVING INPUTS.

CURRICULUM IS STRUCTURED WITH TIME FRAME.

EDUCATION IS AS PER NATIONAL POLICIES & GUIDELINES.

INFORMAL EDUCATION – FEATURES NOT ANY STRUCTURED, SPECIFIC

PROGRAMME. NEED BASED EDUCATION IS MOTIVE. AIMS & OBJECTIVES AS PER NEED OF

LEARNING GROUP. INPUTS ARE GIVEN INDREICTLYWITHOUT

SPECIFIC TIME LIMIT. FEEDBACK MECHANISM MAY NOT EXIST. STUDENT & TEACHER COME TOGETHER

THRU DELIBERATE ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES.

FORMAL EDUCATION IS IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES.

“YOGA EDUCATION” IS UNDER HEALTH EDUCATION.

INFORMAL IS FOR ADULTS, VOCATIONAL GUIDENCE, PROGRAMMES FOR SOCIAL AWARENESS.

DAILY YOGA SANSKAR – FORMAL MEDHA SANSKAR, HEIGHT INCREASING,

ASTHMA CONTROL, RELAXATION CAMPS - INFORMAL

PROFESSIONAL – TO HAVE SOURCE OF INCOME & SUPPORTING LIFE

ACADEMIC – BROADEN INTELLECTUAL LEVEL PHYSICAL – PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO

SPORTS, PERSONALITY MENTAL DEV. – SHARPEN MENTAL CAPBILITIES,

EDUCATION GIVEN TO UPLIFT I.Q. ABOVE/BELOW LEVEL

CULTURAL DEV. – ISSUES RELATED TO SELF & SOCIAL CULTURE FOR NEXT GENERATIONS

CHARACTER DEV. – NOT ONLY PHYSICAL BUT PERSON GETS ETHICAL FACE

SOCIAL & ETHICAL – PRESERVATION OF MORAL & ETHICAL VALUES IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE HAVING SOCIAL AWARENESS & RESPONSIBILITY

MEANING OF LEARNING IT IS LONG & CONTINUOUS IT BRINGS EXPECTED CHANGES IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR HUMAN CAPACITY TO ADJUST WITH CHANGING

CIRCUMSTANCES IS MORE THAN OTHER LIVING BEINGS

FLEXIBLE APPROACH TOWARDS THE CHANGES IS RIGHT FROM BIRTH.

FIRST HE TRIES TO CHANGE SITUATION, IF NOT POSSIBLE, CHANGES SELF

USES PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE TO DECIDE TIME & DEGREE OF CHANGES REQUIRED

THUS - “LEARNING IS CHANGE IN THE EXPERIENTIAL BEHAVIOR OF HUMAN BEING.”

ALTERNATELY IT MENAS – TO GET EXPERIENCE, TO STORE THEM AND TRY TO GET NEW EXPERIENCES BASED ON THEM.

INDIVIDUAL LEARNS WHILE TEACHING & TEACHES WHILE LEARNING, MAKING BOTH THE THINGS COMLEMENTARY TO EACH OTHER.

PRIMARILY DEPENDS ON EXPERIENCE CAPACITY TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE VARIES

INDIVIDUALLY STORED EXPERIENCES HAVE FIRM IMPRESSION

ON THE MIND, WHICH ONE USES TO ACCESS NEW EXPERIENCE

IT CREATES NEW COMBINED EXPERIENCE,DIFFERENT THAN STORED ONE WHICH IS STORED FOR LONG TIME WITH A CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR

THEREFORE LEARNING IS A SERIES OF EXPERIENCES GATHERED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

CHANGE BASED EXPERIENCE IS CONTINUOUS IN NATURE, IT AFFECTS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL LEVELS

PHYSICAL PART RELATES TO BODY GROWTH ON THE LEVELS OF CELL, MUSCLES, ORGANS AND STRUCTURE WITH VERY LIMITED CONTRIBUTION OF EXPERIENCE

PHYSICAL MATURATION DIFFERS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF LEARNING

IT MAY NEED DIFFERENT PHYSICAL CAPACITIES AT DIFFERENT STAGES

MENTAL MATURATION IS CONTINUOUS & LONG PROCESS

ON ORGANIC LEVEL IT DEPENDS ON GROWTH OF BRAIN, WHICH STOPS AT CERTAIN STAGE

MIXTURE OF EXPERIENCES MAKES IT DYNAMIC ALL THE TIMES

PURE MENTAL MATURATION HAPPENS THROUGH ENRICHMENT OF THOUGHTS, THNKING PATTERN, EMOTIONAL CULTURING AND INTELLECTUAL SHARPENING

ITS USE IS SITUATIONAL & NEED BASED LEADING TO DESIRED RESULTS

THERE ARE 2 MAJOR THEORIES OF LEARNING, BASED ON DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF THOUGHTS.

BOTH ARE USED INDEPENDENTLY OR IN A COMBINED MANNER AS PER NEED.

ASSOCIATION THEORY LEARNING PRIMARILY DEPENDS ON BEHAVIOR

PATTERN, WHICH IS LINKED TO HIS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE.

EACH LEARNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, WHICH GENERATES NEW EXPERIENCE.

LEARNING BY TRIAL & ERROR – INTRODUCED BY THORNDIKE THRU VARIOUS

EXPERIEMENTS ON LIVING BEINGS. MAIN GENESIS

WHILE FINDING SOLUTION ON ANY ISSUE, PROBLEM LIVING BEINGS DO ATTEMPT.

IF FAILED, ATTEMPT CONTINUOUSLY TILL THEY GET PROPER SOLUTION.

NATURE OF THIS LEARNING IS BASED ON STIMULUS AND RESPONSE.

WHEN THEY DIFFER, THERE MAY BE MISTAKE LEADING TO FURTHER ATTEMPTS.

SERIES OF ATTEMPTS CONTINUES TILL STIMULUS AND RESPONSE COINSIDE.

CRITICS SAY IT AS TIME CONSUMING AND LEADING TO FRUSTRATION, IF ONE LACKS PATIENCE. SLOW PROGRESS.

IT MAY MAKE THE PERSON FATALIST. YOGIC RELEVANCE

NOT TO BE USED FOR YOGIC PRACTICES. EFFORTS TO MASTER THE PROCESS IS TAKEN

AS TRIAL & ERROR, WHICH IS NOT CORRECT. IN FACT IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE

PERFECTION.

LEARNING BY CONDITIONING DEVELOPED BY PAVLOV, A RUSSIAN

SCIENTIST BASIC GENESIS

BEHAVIOR CHANGE DEPENDS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT AND RESPONSE.

ONE CAN GET SAME RESPONSE BY GIVING DIFFERENT STIMULUS.

ALTERNATELY IT MEANS CONDITIONING THE PROCESS OF RESPONSE.

PAVLOV EXPERIEMENT DID ON HIS DOG - SHOWED HIM LOAF OF

MUTTON LEAD TO SALIVA SECRETION. (STIMULUS = RESPONSE)

STARTED RINGING BELL WHILE SHOWING MUTTON FOR SOME DAYS.

ONLY RANG THE BELL, RESULTED INTO SECRETION OF SALIVA(CHANGED STUMULUS)

THUS WITH THE HELP OF EXTERNAL STUMULUS HE CONDITIONED THE RESPONSE.

THIS PROCESS IS CALLED LEARNING BY CONDITIONING

YOGIC RELEVANCE SUKHASAN WITH CLOSED EYES – REDUCED

BREATHING PATTERN(S = R) ONLY CLOSED EYES IN ANY POSTURE –

(EXTERNAL STIMULUS) BRINGS DOWN BREATH RATE.

IN DIFFERENT YOGIC PRACTICES WE CAN CHANGE THE BODY STIMULUS AND GET DESIRED & SAME RESPONSE.

FIELD THEORY DEVELOPED BY KOHLAR.

BASIC GENESIS LEARNING HAPPENS MERELY BY HABITS NO MUCH MENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEARNING THROUGH INSIGHT AND NOT BY

TRIAL & ERROR INSIGHT & PERCEPTION ARE IMPORTANT THUS UNDERSTANDING IS MOST

IMPORTANT FOR LEARNING

LEARNING BY IMITATION OBSERVATION & IMITATION IMPORTANT

FACTORS COORDINATION WITH ANY ACTION BY

MINUTE OBSERVATION IS NECESSARY HUMANS HAVE MORE ANALYTICAL SKILL

ENABLING HIM TO OBSERVE & IMITATE SAVES TIME AND LEARNING IS FAST USEFUL FOR PRACTICAL ASPECT OF YOGA,

BUT NOT MUCH USEFUL FOR ANTARANG SADHANA, IT BEING EXPERIENCIAL

THEORY OF IDENTICAL COMPONENTS TWO DIFFERENT SUBJECTS CAN BE LEARNED

THROUGH SOME COMMON FACTORS IN THEM. IT FACILITATES STUDY OF RELATED ISSUES AND

SUBJECTS. THE COMMON RELEVANCE IS NATURAL AND

NOT FABRICATED. BODY, MIND, EMOTIONS & INTELLECT – ARE

COMMON LINKS FACILITATING STUDY OF YOGA, ANOTOMY, THERAPY & PSYCHOLOGY.

THUS ALL THE ABOVE SYSTEMS ARE INDEPENDENT BUT CAN BE USED AS PER NEED OF LEARNER.

PHYSICAL FACTORS SEISITIVITY & UNDERSTANDING – ONE’S CAPACITY TO

UNDERSTAND HAPPENING AROUND ON PHYSICAL LEVEL,

PHYSICAL HEALTH – PROPER HEALTH MAKES LEARNING EASY. SOMETIMES SPECIFIC LEARNING TO MAINTAIN IT IS NEEDED. YOGA HAS SUCH PROCESSES.

FATIGUE & BOREDON – ONE IS PHYSICAL AND OTHER A MENTAL. BOTH AFFECTING LEARNING

TIME – TO INITIATE & CONTINUE LEARNING PROPER TIME IS IMPORTANT.

DIET – OVER EATING OR STARVATION BOTH WRONG AGE – PROPER TIME ACCELERATES LEARNING. STILL IT

IS NOT A BAR FOR LEARNING.

MENTAL FACTORS MENTAL HEALTH – NEEDED FOR LONG

PROCESS.THNIKING PATTERN, RECEPTIVITY IMPORTANT.

MOTIVATION – SELF MOTIVATION NEED IN INFORMAL LEARNING INTEGRAL PART EXTERNAL MOTIVATION IN FORMAL.

CONCENTRATION – VARY IMPORTANT FOR LEARNING.

REWARD & PUNISHMENT – NEEDED AT DIFFERENT STAGES. CAN BE INTRINSIC OR EXTRANSIC.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS CONDUCIVE – NEEDED TO INITIATE FORMAL.

CREATED UNDER INFORMAL. RELATIONSHIP – BETWEEN TEACHER &

STUDENT. UNDER INFORMAL IT IS SPONTENOUS AND DEVELOPED UNDER FORMAL.

INSTRUCTIONS – SUITED TO STRUCTURE AND PATTERN OF LEARNING. ACTION, FEEDBACK MECHANISM CAN MAINTAIN CONSISTANCY.

MOTIVATION – DERIEVED FROM MOTIVE INDICATING THE PURPOSE. FORMAL - EXTERNAL MOTIVATION & INFORMAL - SELF MOTIVATION. NEED OF PERSON & MOTIVATION EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.

GOAL – CAN BE OF EDUCATION SYSTEM & OF THE PERSON. THEY SHOULD MATCH & COMPLEMENT.

ENVIRONMENT – CONDUIVE EXPEDITES, OTHERWISE OBSTRUCTS. CAPACITY TO RESPOND THE ENVIRONMENT IMPORTANT

REENFORCEMENT – CONTINUOUS REVISION MAKES THE LEARNING STABLE & CONCRETE. CONTINUED & HONEST ATTEMPTS ARE IMPORTANT.

DEVELOPED BY THORNDIKE LAW OF READINESS

PROPER PREPARATION IS NECESSARY BEFORE INITIATING ANY LEARNING. MERE MEANS ARE SUFFICIENT BUT READINESS TO USE THEM EFFECTIVELY.

WILLINGNESS TO LEARN, ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE FROM THE LEARNING AND PREPARING ONESELF ON PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL & INTELLECTUAL LEVELS IS MOST IMPORTANT.

LEARNING CAN GO WASTE IF STARTED WITHOUT PROPER PREPARATION.

LAW OF EXERCISE SUBJECT CAN GET PERMANENTLY

REGISTERED BY REPETITIVE READING & WRITING. REVISION MAKES IT PERFECT. CONCEPTS CAN BE STUDIED BY MEMORISING.

LAW OF EFFECT / REWARD THIS MEANS RESULT OF FEEDBACK. EFFECTIVE OBSERVANCE OF EARLIER LAWS

DECIDES THIS RULE. THE RESULTS SHOULD BE LONG LASTING.

ALL THE ABOVE RULES ARE USED IN MOST OF THE YOGIC PROCESSES.

ASANAS, KRIYAS, PRANAYAMAS ARE CLASSIC EXAMPLES OF READINESS, EXERCISE AND RESULT.

FOR CONCEPTS ONE NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE RULES ON PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL & INTELLECTUAL LEVELS.

DESIRED RESULT IS POSSIBLE AS THIRD RULE IS PURELY SUBJECTIVE IN NATURE.

TEACHING & LEARNING ARE TWO SIDES THEY FORM TWO TYPES OF PATTERNS FOR ADULTS IT IS – ANDRAGOGY FOR CHILDREN IT IS – PEDAGOGY THEY NEED TO BE USED AS PER AGE GROUP

ANDRAGOGY FOR TEACHING ADULTS – FOCUS ON ADULT

PSYCHOLOGY – EXPERIENCED & ACTIVE GROUP – SELF MOTIVATED – HETROGENEOUS – TEACHER PASSIVE – TEACHING THRU EXPERIEMENT, DEMO, DISCUSSIONS – NEED BASED LEARNING – FREE, VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENT – REWARD,WAGES ARE MOTIVATORS – TEACHING PATTERN DESIGNED AS PER NEED OF STUDENT

PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING CHILD – FOCUS ON CHILD

PSYCHOLOGY – LESS EXPERIENCE LESS ACTIVE GROUP – SUBJECTIVE LRNG – HOMOGENOUS GROUP – TEACHER MORE ACTIVE – CREATION OF NEED FOR LEARNING – CONTROLLED, DISCIPLINED ENVIRONMENT - CERTIFICATE, REWARD ARE MOTIVATORS – TEACHING METHOD DESIGNED AS PER AGE, RECEPTIVITY, CAPACITY.

TEACHING IS A SCIENCE & AN ART DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF ORIGINAL SUBJECT IS

NECESSARY SUBJECT HAS TO BE TAUGHT AS PER NEED OF

GROUP AND OBJECTIVE. RULES OF TEACHING

SIMPLE TO COMPLEX – KNOWN TO UNKNOWN – PARTS FO WHOLE – EXAMPLES TO RULES – CONCRETE TO ABSTRACT

LECTURE SYSTEM DIRECT COMMUNICATION, USEFUL FOR

SPECIFIC SUBJECT, GROUP. IMPORTANT IN CONCEPTUAL TEACHING USED IN INFORMAL / FORMAL TYPES – ONE

WAY COMMUNICATION – SUCCESS DEPENDS ON PERSONAL SKILL – SIMPLE CAN BECOME COMPLEX OR OTHERWISE – TIME & MATTER MAY NOT MATCH – BODY LANGUAGE OF TEACHER IMPORTANT

LECTURE CUM DEMONSTRATIONUSEFUL FOR CONCEPT & PRACTICALACTION EQUALLY IMPORTANTTEACHER & STUDENT BOTH ACTIVEUSE OF AUDIO VISUAL MEDIUMUSED IN YOGA TO TEACH ASANA,

PRANAYAMA & KRIYA

DISCUSSION SYSTEM SOLUTION THRU DISCUSSION –

PARTICIPANTS NEED TO HAVE MINIMUM LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE – CONCLUSION POSSIBLE DUE TO MULTI DIMENTIONAL APPROACH – EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE ALSO NEEDED – USED ON A SPECIFIC STAGE OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION – CAN BE TIME CONSUMING & BORING

PROJECT SYSTEM LEARNING THRU DOING – STUDENT ACTIVE,

TEACHER PASSIVE – PRACTICAL IMPLICATION OF CONCEPT POSSIBLE – CAN BE LONG TERM – CONCLUSION SUBJECTIVE – USED IN FINAL STAGES.

REMEDIAL SYSTEM USEFUL FOR PROBLEM SOLUTION – PROPER

KNOWLEDGE, INTEREST, EXPERIENCE, MATURITY REQUIRED – RELATION BETWEEN STUDENT & ENVIRONMENT IS IMPORTANT – TEACHER MORE AS A COUNSELOR

VARIOUS ROLES PLAYED IN LEARNING & TEACHING. TWO SYSTEMS.

ROLE PLAYING TO UNDERSTAND NEW TECHNIQUES VARIOUS

ROLES ARE NECESSARY. FLEXIBILITY & MULTIPLICITY OF ROLES MAKES

LEARNING OF TEACHING EASY. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN YOGA – AS TEACHER

IS SADHAKA, STUDENT, OBSERVER AND EXPERIENCE PROVIDOR.

SIMULATION CREATION OF ARTIFICIAL SITUATION, WHICH

TEACHES HOW TO TEACH. MOCK ENVIRONMENT NEAR TO REALITY CO-LEARNERS ARE MADE STUDENTS USE OF ALL ACTUAL TECHNIQUES OF

TEACHING GIVE FEEL OF REAL LIFE PRESSURE OF ACTUAL TEACHING IS EASED USED IN YOGIC TEACHING THRU LESSON

PLANNING

WHILE TEACHING & LEARNING KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION TAKES PLACE CALLED AS COMMUNICATION.

IT BECOMES MEANINGFUL WHEN INTER PERSONAL RELATION ESTABLISHES.

IN GENERAL COMMUNICATE MEANS TO INFORM OR INTIMATE.

IT TAKES BETWEEN PERON TO PERSON OR PERSON TO GROUP

THERE ARE FOUR FACTORS – SENDER MESSAGE RECEIVER COMMUNICATION PROCESS MEDIA

FEEDBACK COMPLETES THE PROCESSCOMMUNICATION IS COMPLETE WHEN SENDER GETS

FEEDBACK FROM RECEIVERMS – MR = 0 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

VERBAL – BY SPOKEN WORDS NONVERBAL – WITHOUT WORDS SEPAKING & LISTENING WRITING & SHOWING WRITING & READING

OBSTRUCTIONS LOW RECEPTIVITY, PHYSICAL MENTAL

IMPAIREDNESS – NO KNOWLEDGE OF SYMBOLS – MESSAGE IS COMPLEX, UNCLEAR,INCOMPLETE – WRONG MEDIA

MESSAGE – CLEAR, EXPRESSED MEDIA – AS PER NEED FEEDBACK – IN TIME, MEANINGFUL EMOTIONAL LEVEL – RATHER THAN

INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL LEVEL IS EFFECTIVE. IT SHOULD BE HEART TO HEART THAN BRAIN TO BRAIN.

USE OF VOICE CULTURE, HONESTY, BODY LANGUAGE ARE QUALITIES OF GOOD TEACHER COMMUNICATOR

NATURAL SENSORY ORGANS – BOTH FOR TEACHER & STUDENT

AUDIO VISUALS – WRITTEN, TYPED, RECORDED, GRAPHICAL, SYMBOLIC

CHARTS, PICTURES, FILMS ETC.TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS LIKE

I.T. ENABLED MEANS

DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF YOGA & PSYCHOLOGY KNOWLEDGE OF TECHING TECHNIQUES KNOWLEDGE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES &

DIAGNOSTIC SKILLS AWARENESS OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS SHOULD HAVE BALANCED MIND, ENERGETIC,

EGOLESS, COMMITTED SHOULD PROPOGATE YOGA AS A MISSION AND

NOT AS A PROFESSION SHOULD GO TO THE ROOT OF PROBLEM AND

FINE TUNE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL LEVEL

CLEAN & SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT INCHARGE SHOULD BE AWARE OF HIS STATUS

BUT SHOULD BE OF MIXING NATURE PRESERVATION OF RELATIONSHP FOR PROBLEM

SOLVING SHARING OF EXPERIENCES AND GUIDE TO

ENRICH OTHERS COHESIVE, TEAM SPIRIT USE DISCIPLINE AS “CONSENT” RATHER THAN

“COERCION”

PERSONALITY – DERIEVED FROM ROMAN WORD “PERSONA” MEANING “MASK”

IN GENERAL IT INDICATES THE EXTERNAL APPEARANCE.

NOT MERELY EXTERNAL APPEARANCE BUT INCLUDES PHYSICAL, MENTAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL, INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL EXISTANCE

NORMAL ELMAN – IT IS A PECULIAR COMBINATION OF PHYSICAL, LIKING, BEHAVIORAL CAPABILITIES & ARTISTIC QUALITIES.

ALLPORT – IT AN ASSOCIATION CORELATING INDIVIDUAL’S BEHAVIOR & ENVIRONMENT AROUND HIM.

TRAAXCLAR – IT IS A SUM OF INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO THE HAPPENINGS AROUND HIM.

COMPREHENSIVE – STRUCTURAL SPECIFICATIONS LIKE COLOUR, WEIGHT, SIZE ETC.

DYNAMIC – QUALITIES DO NOT REMAIN STATIC BUT CHANGE FREQUENTLY AS PER SITUATIONAL DEMAND

INCOMPARABLE – INDIVIDUAL CORELATES HIM WITH SOCIETY AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE PROCESS OF INTERACTION

CHANGES WITH PASSAGE OF TIME & AGE CHANGE IN UNDERASTANDING LEVEL SOMETHING IS LACKING ARISING NEED ALL FACTORS MAY NOT BE BALANCED

MODERN MEANS EDUCATION – CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT –

SELF ANALYSIS - ESTEEM - SELF ACUTLISATION

SELF ANALYSIS – PSYCO ANALYSIS SWOT ANALYSIS – STRENGTH, WEAKNESS,

OPPORTUNITIES & THREATS PROPER ASSESSMENT OF THESE FACTORS

AND CORRECTING THEM AS PER NEED JOHARI WINDOW – INVENTED IN 1955 BY

JOHN LIFT & HARRY INGHMAN – NAMED AS JOHARI WINDOW

PERSONALITY HAS FOUR PANELS LIKE WINDOW

PUBLIC (S) – KNOWN TO SELF & OTHERS PRIVATE (W) – KNOWN TO SELF BLIND (O) – KNOWN TO OTHERS ONLY UNKNOWN (T) – TO SELF & OTHERS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS INCLUDES

SHRINKING PRIVATE, BLIND & UNKNOWN PANELS AND EXPAND THE PUBLIC PANEL

IT MEANS A TRANSPERANT & CLEAR PERSONALITY

PUBLIC BLIND

PRIVATE UNKNOWN

PUBLIC

B L I N D

PRIVATE UK

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COMPOSED OF 5 SHEATHES CALLED AS “PANCH KOSHAS”

ANNAMAYA KOSHA – PHYSICAL PRANAMAYA KOSHA – BREATHING MANOMAYA KOSHA – MENTAL VIDNYAMAYA KOSHA – INTELLECTUAL ANANDMAYA KOSHA – BLISSFUL IMBLANCE INITIATES AT MANOMAYA KOSHA

- REFLECTS ON PRANAMAYA AND ANNAMAYA KOSHA – OBSTRUCTS JOURNEY TO VIDNYAMAYA & ANANDMAYA KOSHA

ANNAMAYA & PRANAMAYA – YAMA, NIYAMA, ASANA, KRIYA, PRANAYAMA

MANOMAYA – ADVANCE STUDY OF PRANAYAMA

VIDNYAMAYA – PRATYAHAAR & DHARANA, DHYANA

ANANDMAYA – SAMADHI ???? A PERFECT BALANCE IN ALL THESE IS A

ENLIGHTENED, DEVELOPED PERSONALITY

NO YOGA NO PEACE KNOW YOGA KNOW PEACE NOW YOGA NOW PEACE

!!! HARI OM TATSAT !!!