Physical Education

Education of the Body and Food Habits

All Life is Yoga, Article, Education, Food, Sleep and Yoga, Health and Healing / By The Mother / June 21, 2023

While discussing physical education the Mother highlighted the need for developing healthy habits related to food. Children must be taught to eat according to hunger, neither more nor less, and not to make meals an occasion to satisfy their greed or gluttony.

Quick Read: The Need for Sleep and Rest

All Life is Yoga, Article, Food, Sleep and Yoga, Health and Healing, Sadhana, Yoga / By Sri Aurobindo / June 21, 2023

Sri Aurobindo emphasizes that sufficient sleep is important for a normal healthy life as well as for one’s sadhana until one is advanced in his sadhana.

Back to Basics, Lessons for the Future – 2

All Life is Yoga, Education, Essay, Indian History, Nation / By Beloo Mehra / October 21, 2022

Given the great value our ancients placed on brahmacharya as a system of human energy management, it is no wonder that we find a long history of physical education in ancient India, far more ancient than Greece.

Back to Basics, Lessons for the Future – 3

All Life is Yoga, Education, Essay, Indian History, Nation / By Beloo Mehra / October 21, 2022

Rethinking our education in the light of the essential principles of education emphasised in Indian culture will bring greater harmony in the Indian mind.

“How to Bring Up a Child”: A Practical Compilation

All Life is Yoga, Book of the Month, Conscious Parenting, Education, Health and Healing / By Sri Aurobindo and The Mother / September 21, 2022

Read excerpts from ‘How to Bring Up a Child’ which is primarily a compilation of practical guidance on parenting given by the Mother.

Sri Aurobindo on Himself: Life, Work, Past Lives

Guiding Light, Guru, Sri Aurobindo - The Eternal Presence, Yoga / By Sri Aurobindo / August 15, 2022

Read selected words of Sri Aurobindo on himself on various subjects such as his difficulties in life and work and his reasons for leaving politics. Don’t miss his replies to questions on his past lives.

The Mother on Bodily Equality

Article, Equality, Health and Healing, Twelve Soul-qualities, Yoga / By The Mother / June 21, 2022

The Mother speaks of the necessity of equanimity in the body to receive the divine forces. She explains how to practice bodily equality at the cellular level.

Krīḍā- Making Indian Games Cool! A conversation with authors of ‘The Games India Plays’ (Video)

Author Interview, Culture, Education, Insightful Conversations, Video / By Beloo Mehra / June 21, 2022

We speak with the authors of book, ‘The Games India Plays’ about the necessity of reviving and popularising the traditional outdoor games of India.

How to Receive the Mother’s Force and Universal Energies

Article, Health and Healing, Receptivity, Sadhana, Twelve Soul-qualities, Yoga / By The Mother / January 21, 2022

We present here some insightful conversations between the curious disciples and The Mother which throws light on how to receive The Mother’s force and universal energies.

Education of the Body in Ancient India – Book Excerpts

Book of the Month, Culture, Education, Society / By Kireet Joshi / June 21, 2021

India has had a long history of physical education. The heroes that India gave to herself represent not only great qualities of courage and valour but also of physical strength and excellence. In ancient India, there was an emphasis on the pursuit of an integral aim of life, which determined the discipline of integral education. Both the material and spiritual poles of the being had their place in this system.