The department of physical education and sports of St. Joseph Vaz Institute of Education and St. Joseph Vaz College organised Healthify-A lecture series on Health, Exercise and Wellness for the students of D.EL.Ed. The lecture series is the first of its kind organised at college level. The aim of the lecture series is to motivate the students to follow a healthy lifestyle, to follow scientific methods of training and to make science the most important thing while following sports and physical education and to make them understand about diseases and its prevention.
The third lecture of the series was on the topic common yoga protocol. The resource person for the function was Dr Diksha Arlekar a doctor by profession and a certified yoga instructor. The function started with address of Ms Steffie Fernandes the incharge of St. Joseph Vaz Institute of Education who emphasised the importance of understanding the common yoga protocol. Ms Sania Dodamani introduced the resource person. Approximately 70 students from D.El.Ed attended the lecture.
In her lecture Dr Diksha spoke spoke about yoga as a whole, eating right, satvik diet, pranayama, different types of asanas, importance of yoga to relieve stress and meditation.