Bihar School of Yoga : An ode to health in nature's lap

Bihar School of Yoga - Munger was founded in the year 1964 by 'Swami Satyananda Saraswati' with a vision to make the common people learn Yoga in full yogic style. The school of Yoga seeks to imbibe the traditional yoga postures and different meditation practice in its curriculum.

The school also emphasises on the traditional forms of teaching and yoga styles along with the contemporary medical science.

The school has many ongoing yoga projects in collaboration with prestigious hospitals and medical organizations and is popular as a hub for yoga seekers.

The different techniques of the complete Yoga are taught at Bihar School of Yoga. The techniques are a synthesis of all approaches to the personal development.

The highlights of the courses taught at the Yoga school are like:

• Yoga Health Management
• Yoga Teachers Training
• Hriya Yoga

The institute houses a very well-stocked Research Library at the college with a large collection of the books and data with health techniques, school’s publication of Yoga, and research are compiled. The Ashram graphics, the modern printing press of the Yoga School prints all the BSY publications.

The library also has a wide range of equipment's and is also managed and staffed by the disciples, of the ashram who do everything from typesetting to dispatch.

The courses are conducted by the trained sannyasins on an individual or the groups on the basis for day and life residential students.

Bihar Yoga Bharati is the 1st university of its kind to imparting a culmination of comprehensive Yogic education with a provision for M.Sc., MA, Mphil, DSc, Phd and Dlitt.

The UG department also offers a 4 month, certificate course apart from a one year Diploma course in the field of Yogic Studies.

Source: Shreya Shikha, City Journalist - Patna, CollegeDekho