NSS 2022-23
Department of - International Yoga Day(1st April to 29thJune 2022)
The NSS Department at St. Mira's College for Girl's virtuallyorganised the following activities as part ofthe planning and celebration of International Yoga Day for the year 2022. Our students were preparing for their end semester exams which are going to be held offline after the Covid-19 pandemic break. The students were feeling stressed and anxious because of that.Hence we planned the following sessions for them:
Y-break or Yoga Break Session on “5 minutes Yoga Protocol” – 23 April 2022
A Y-Break session was organized virtually for the NSS volunteers.The students were made to do various stretches which they can do every one hour to help relieve them of their back and neck painas a result of the continuous online teaching as per the video shared by the ministry. 17 volunteers participated in this session.
Activities for Yoga – 17 May 2022
As a part of the government initiative to create awareness and help students with the benefits of Yoga, the following activities were conducted:
- Common Yoga Protocol Practice –The document created by the government was shared with the volunteers and they were asked to perform the asanas as shared on screen. This involved a few basic stretches of the neck, hands, legs and upper body.
- Yoga Break Session – Y-Break –This session was conducted with the students to make them realise the benefit of taking a 5-minute break from their studies, screen time, etc. every one hour and relaxing their mind and body for better concentration and refreshing a tired mind and body.
- Pranayama Demonstration and Practice for Stress and Anxiety– part of Yoga demonstration – Since the students are feeling stressed and anxious because of their upcoming offline end semester exams, we organized a special Pranayama session for helping them deal with stress and anxiety which is on the rise because of their exams. We got a positive response from the volunteers as they all felt calm and refreshed. We also shared tips on how they could use these breathing techniques even during the exams to relax their minds.
The videos were also shared with them for ready access. 18volunteers participated in this session.