NCERT solutions for Health and Physical Education [English] Class 10 chapter 8 - Yoga for Healthy Living [Latest edition]

Think and discuss the following with your friends:

Questions

• Have you ever experienced stress?
• What was the cause of it?
• How did you manage it?
• Can you think any other way by which you could have better managed it?

In Column I, put a list of food items that you like eating and in Column II put the food items that you consider good for your health.

Questions

• Compare the items of both the columns. Do the items in Column I tally with those in Column II?
• Do you think that you need to change your food habits? Make a separate list indicating which food items from the list (Column I) you want to change.

Prepare a timetable that allots some leisure time to pursue your hobbies and creative activities, exercise and sufficient time for sleep.

Ramesh and his friends are planning to skip their classes and go for a movie instead. Ramesh is worried as he feels that it is not right to skip the class without informing his parents. But at the same time, he does not want to be seen as a spoilsport by his friends. Finally, he succumbed to the peer pressure. Now, he is disturbed to think what would happen if his parents come to know of it.

Questions

• Why was Ramesh worried?
• Was his conduct appropriate? Explain your answer.
• Can you suggest some ways to get out of this conflicting situation?
• What would you do, if you were in Ramesh’s place?
• Do you think the yogic principles of Yama (restraint) and Niyama (observance) help to develop control on our desires and emotions and lessen our stress?

Write your thoughts about various people in the appropriate columns in the table given below.

Questions

On the basis of your thinking, as given in the above table, answer the following questions:

• Find out which type of thoughts — positive or negative — were dominating you today?
• Do you feel that you need to change your thoughts? If yes, why?

Shreya is an outgoing and independent girl. She does not like to be dictated by her parents. Her parents are worried as they think that she has been wasting her time and energy on futile, trivial and useless things. One day, her parents asked her to study while she wanted to finish the novel which she was reading. At this, Shreya lost her temper and started shouting at her parents.

Questions

• Was Shreya’s behaviour towards her parents appropriate?
• Were her attitude and thinking responsible for this kind of behaviour
• Suggest how she should have behaved.

'Yoga is a way of life'. What makes it a way of life?

Which specific Yoga practices are relevant for relaxation?

Mention any two stressful situations experienced by you.

List any two positive effects of stress on body.

List any two negative effects of stress on body.

Write any two symptoms of stress.

You are stressed due to a certain happening. Mention any two yogic practices you would like to perform to de-stress yourself. Give reasons.

Write the advantages of the following yogic practice:

Shirshasana

Write the advantages of the following yogic practice:

Anuloma-Viloma Pranayama