Principal, Chairperson Brahmrishi college of Education, Virat Nagar, Pinjore Panchkula, 13410
Online published on 9 December, 2015.
Mankind has always tried to attain peace and happiness through all available means. The changing conditions of the environment-the pollution, the depleting ozone layer, the infiltration of UV radiation are affecting the genetic constitution of mankind. This has a factorial significance in changing the psychological, intellectual, physical and chemical working of mankind.
Moreover the undue feelings of depression and inferiority in today's mad race after materialism and self enhancement has frustrated the tender young age and they sometimes fall pray to the criminal acts sometimes serious enough to bring the offenders into conflict with the legal authorities.
At this point how can yoga and meditation practices help these adolescents to work upon their sick psycho-physiological conditions. The present study was conducted by the author herself dedicating three hours daily for a year amongst the adolescent criminals at the model jail Burail Chandigarh. And a drastic change in the physical lifestyle, emotional eqnanimity and self esteem could visibly be felt which was often reported to the author by the jail officials and the experiment shows it too.
The researcher a social worker while working at Tihar jail & Burail jail fell that the problem of run-away students requires dire need to be taken care of. We have worked on dropouts, special children, etc.
But the problem of running away, bunling and then falling prey to the bad elements conjoins the above research with the feld of education.
