We live in a word of constant progress and growth, that strives for a higher personal productivity in an ever-shorter time span. Consequently, individuals could spend more time for relaxation, their beloved ones and non the least themselves. However, just the opposite is happening. Adults as well as children and teenagers are facing the modern-day affliction called stress more and more frequently.
Teenagehood is a period of change and obtaining habits and patterns that individuals carry with themselves to their later life stages. The job of a P.E. teacher is to guide teenagers and show them the tools they will need to achieve a quality life style. In the thesis we found the answer to the lack of relaxation, hazardous teenage behaviour, physical inactivity and consequently the decline in physical abilities and low self-esteem in the practice of yoga. It is yoga that through its techniques affects the body in a holistic way and helps individuals getting in contact with their inner selves. Thus, they learn how to take care of themselves and their beings and introduce habits into their every day that are good for their health and keep away from bad and dangerous habits, that burden their body and soul.
The main aim of the master's degree thesis was to introduce the yoga program suitable for P.E. lessons and the needs of high school students. We wanted to address P.E. teachers and show them yoga as a type of physical training and how to incorporate it as such in the lesson process. In the first six lesson plans we blended the knowledge of body anatomy and other sport-related knowledge into yoga practice that can be carried out without any additional training by any P.E. teacher. We also added visual graphics supporting the explanation of specific terms for individual lessons. Lesson plans can be upgraded and complemented, being creative we can also use individual lesson plans and incorporate them into other contents of P.E. lessons. This master's degree thesis can serve as support to all P.E. pedagogues that want to include yoga practice into their sports lessons, but also to those individuals that want to learn the basics of yoga exercises.
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