Lecture on Yoga at PU

Chandigarh September 6, 2019

Yoga through the lens of Western Medicine’, a lecture combining the discipline of yoga and medical science was presented by Dr Pashupati Steven Landau from the United States. Organised by Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies & Department of Physical Education, Panjab University, Acharya Landau gave a comprehensive presentation on the subject. He began by introducing the audience to the Patanjali yoga system, and then described the
benefits of various types of yoga such as Karma yoga, Gyana yoga, Bhakti yoga, Hatha yoga, and Rajadhiraja yoga.

He stressed the importance of vegetarianism, saying it has positive effects on health, morality, ecology, and it has subtle effect on the mind. Regular practice of yoga not only improves health, it reduces chances of disease, and helps to get rid of depression, anxiety, and stress. After teaching yoga in prisons for over 25 years, he found that criminal tendency among inmates decreased.

There was also a detailed discourse on the chakras and how to awaken the kundalini. During the lecture, the Acharya also demonstrated several yogic asanas.There is an interesting story behind how he got hooked on to yoga. At the age of eleven or twelve, his mother gave him a book on yoga, and that book transformed his life forever. He learnt yoga from several masters. He has been practising and teaching yoga since 1971. He has trained people in India, Jamaica and the United States. He has been teaching for 25 years in prisons, hospitals, mental health centers, schools, health
food stores and yoga centers.

Along with him Acharya Shambhu Shivananda Avadhuta, a distinguished scholar and gold medalist alumnus of Panjab University shared his experiences with the audience.

The lecture was presided over by Prof Shankar Jha, D U I, Officiating Vice Chancellor,  PU and it was facilitated by Prof. Gurmeet Singh, Chair Maulana Abdul Kalam and Prof. Nandita Singh, Dean International Students.

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