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Physical exercise for the body
Warm-up drills, Surya Namaskar and guided movement that build flexibility, muscle strength and body tone.
Department of Yoga · “Nalavazhvu” Yoga Club
Yoga for
Human Excellence.
Yoga is an ancient Indian system and is essentially spiritual. It has potential for both the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. Its holistic approach brings harmony to all walks of life and influences our day-to-day living — bringing changes in behaviour and attitude that improve relationships at home and in society.
Physical exercise for the body
Life-saving asanas
Meditation for the mind
22
Yoga Club members
2023
Club inaugurated
15
Programmes on record
5
Academic years
The practice
Body, breath and mind.
Sessions are open to students of every department and run through the academic year alongside the regular timetable.
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Life-saving asanas practice
The basic yoga poses and healthy alignment, taught step by step and practised in a vinyasa style that combines movement with breath.
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Meditation practice for the mind
Yogic breathing, concentration and meditation — used to manage stress, steady the mind and build self-awareness.
Objective
To practise yoga postures while learning how yoga can be used to manage stress, improve the mind–body connection and increase strength and flexibility.
We practise a vinyasa style of yoga, which combines movement, breath and meditation to foster flexibility, relaxation and self-awareness. Students learn the basic yoga poses (asana), healthy alignment and yogic breathing.
Aim of yoga
The main aim of yoga is integrating the body, mind and thoughts so as to work for good ends. A modern lifestyle leads to disease — mostly through poor food habits, heavy daily routines and air and water pollution, which in turn easily affect the human body.
Yoga brings together physical and mental disciplines to achieve a peaceful body and mind, helps manage stress and anxiety, and keeps you relaxed. It also helps increase flexibility, muscle strength and body tone, and improves respiration, energy and vitality.
Builds
Flexibility & muscle strength
Improves
Respiration, energy & vitality
Manages
Stress & anxiety
Brings
Harmony in all walks of life
The club
“Nalavazhvu” Yoga Club.
The club was inaugurated in the presence of the Principal, Heads and Associate Heads of Department, and students and staff from every department. It runs the College’s yoga programme — certificate sessions, bridge courses, workshops, demonstrations and International Yoga Day celebrations.
- Inauguration
- 28 June 2023
- Members
- 22 · boys and girls
- Open to
- All departments
Yoga Trainer
M. K. Santhi
M.Sc., Yoga (YHE)
Leads the Department of Yoga at K.Ramakrishnan College of Technology and takes the club’s daily practice, bridge courses and demonstration training.
Programmes & activities
Five years on the mat.
Workshops, bridge courses, demonstrations and Yoga Day celebrations, from the first recorded programme in December 2021. Select a year to filter, and click any photograph to see it larger.
IEEE Yoga Workshop for Final-Year Students
3 & 4 December 2021
Meditation & Concentration
Workshop session
Surya Namaskar
Workshop session
Asana
Workshop session
International Yoga Day 2022
June 2022
Kundalini Yoga Pose
Demonstration
Naan Muthalvan Thittam
Skill-development programme
Yoga Bridge Course · First Year
21 September – 21 October 2022
“Nalavazhvu” Yoga Club Ceremony
Inaugurated 28 June 2023 · 22 members
YYT — Yoga for Youth Training
2 April 2025 · Training coordinators Mr. Rejendran (Arivuthirukovil) and Mr. Karthikayen (Tiruchengode)
IEEE Programme · Department of ECE
14 February 2026
International Yoga Day Celebration 2026
16 July 2026
Asana Session
Yoga Day 2026
“Nalavazhvu” Yoga Club Performance
Yoga Day 2026
NSS Programme — Yoga for Self-Empowerment
30 July 2026
No programmes recorded for that year.
Join the club
Learn beyond the classroom.
The “Nalavazhvu” Yoga Club is open to students of every department and every year. Speak to the Department of Yoga, or to your department’s student affairs coordinator, to join a session.
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