The purpose of yoga is to cultivate discernment, awareness, self-regulation and higher consciousness in the individual. It is a tool with many benefits, including reduced stress, increased relaxation and greater flexibility. Yoga education helps in self discipline and self-control, leading to immense amount of awareness, concentration and higher level of consciousness. Yoga education can enhance all the activities of the students, be it academic or sport or social. Yoga techniques provide improved attention in studies, better stamina and co-ordination for sports and a heightened awareness and balanced attitude for social activity.With this objective in mind the Yoga and Meditation Committee of Ram Lal Anand College organizes on regular basis yoga workshops, Meditation workshops, Yoga Competitions and celebrates International Yoga day with not just a formality but with Three day Workshop. We also organize events like essay writing competitions and Poster making competition to popularize yoga and to enhance its reach.

Yoga Activities for the year 2017-18

Regular Yoga Classes going on from 30th August 2018 till date

4th International Yoga day 2018

Yoga and meditation committee of Ram Lal Anand College organized a 3-Day Workshop on yoga from 19th to 21st June, 2018 and celebrated 4th International Yoga Day 2018 with lots of fervour and enthusiasm. The committee is thankful to the ministry of AYUSH for providing support in terms of Yoga T-shirts, CYP (Common Yoga Protocol) Booklets and Banners for the promotion of Yoga for harmony and peace. A poster making Competition was also organised on the topic "Yoga for Better Life" on 19th June. The winners of the poster making competition are:
1St Prize: Neha Rastogi and Radhika Sharma B.A. Prog. 2nd year
2nd Prize: Neha Bodwal B.A. Prog. 2nd Year and Minal Gupta B.A.(H) Hindi 2nd year
3rd Prize: Nikita Singh and Tanishqa Pawar of B.Sc. (H) Microbiology

The competition was judged by Dr. Urvashi Kuhad and Ms. Deepshikha. Three best posters were given prizes and certificates. On all the three days there was a large participation of students, teachers and non-teaching staff. On an average 60 participants attended 3-Day Yoga Workshop. Workshop included screening of CYP 2017 CD issued by ministry of AYUSH, interactive lecture session on Yoga, live demonstration by expert yoga instructor Sh. Deepak Saini and his team and mass yoga by participants.

Yoga Competition

A yogasana competition was held on 12th February 2018. Eight asanas were given to students out of which they had to perform four. These asanas were divided into three categories A, B and C and students had to perform two from category A and one each from category B and C. Eleven students participated in the competition. Ms. Shashiprabha Kumari of B.Sc. (hons.) Microbiology 2nd year won first prize and Mr. Krishanendu of B.Sc. (hons.) Microbiology Ist year won second prize. An essay writing competition was also organized on the same day. They were give four topics namely (i) "Suryanamaskar for sanctification of body and spoul, (ii) Yoga for integration of mind body and soul, (iii) Yoga and Youth and (iv) Relevance of Yoga in today's world. Seventeenstudents participated in essay writing competition. Seventeen students participated in the above competition. First prize was Mr. Pawan from B.A.(Hons) Hindi Ist Year and second prize was won by Ms. Tanika Bisht B.Sc. (Hons) Statistics Ist year.