Psychophysiological yogic effects of punishments

Abstract

Ancient India is known to the world for its brilliant education system 'gurukul system'. In which, the students gain knowledge from the teachers or ' gurus' and also live with them as a family, to acquaint and to learn all the rituals and habits still they complete their education. As a reward of complete package for their futuristic life. The main motto of the gurukul system was to foster highly critical thinking, a versatile mindly activities with In-depth practical knowledge, as was experienced by the gurus. the total education system was oral and gurus transfer their knowledge and skill power to the capable students. Students have to follow certain rules and regulation of the gurukula’s to become highly focused towards their teaching/learning. All extra co-curricular activities had to be done by them so that teaching become very practical. This discipline of gurukul can be understood as the steps of astangyog of maharshi Patanjali i.e yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharna, dhyan, samadhi. Focused mind and mindfull activities all come from these physical asanas which we call yoga and the concentration came from mindfull meditation.so in short we can say that yoga and meditation are the main stream of the gurukul. In gurukul students were trained through yoga and meditation and various other means. The students were also punished for not performing well in their studies. But the rationale behind the punishment is very interesting. This research aims to study the positive impact of punishments on the students, both mentally and physically, from the yogic perspective. Elizabeth Fry once said,