JOY: The Journal of Yoga Spring 2009, Volume 8, Number 1 NATURAL HEALING OF PROBLEMS OF SCHOOL TEACHERS WITH THE INNER SCIENCE – YOGA *S.THANGARAJATHI & **B.TAMILSELVI ABSTRACT A good quality of life can be attained only through a good quality of education. Education is an important social activity, closely bound with intellectual, economic, cultural, emotional and social life of the human race. The “Pillars” upholding the aspirations of progress in education are the school teachers. Teachers are the real builders of the nation. The teachers’ role in the growth, development and prosperity of the nation is undeniable. If the teachers have to perform their duties with dedication and sincerity they must possess adequate mental health. Teachers are expected to be mentally healthy but the problems of teachers are more than what it was in the past. With proper practice of YOGA, school teachers can create the right kind of chemistry, where they are naturally peaceful, joyous and loving within themselves. This inner science of Yoga help teachers liberate from their problems and sufferings, both physically and psychologically. Yoga ultimately makes the school teachers work in harmony and mould the best citizens of the country. INTRODUCTION Nature transforms every bud into a beautiful flower through several steps involving natural process. Likewise, all children are flower buds when they enter a school for the first time. It is the role of the school teachers who are involved in blooming them into colorful flowers with sweet fragrance which is knowledge. School teachers are considered as a superior power of nature who takes the children from ignorance to intelligence. As every child comes out of the protected environment of home for the first time and is away from the parents, these school teachers become a parent substitute. What a child learns and experiences during his early school years can shape the child’s views about himself and the world around him, which would later play an important role in his success at his school, work and also his personal life. Therefore, the school teachers are responsible for the social, emotional and intellectual growth of the children. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Lecturer, Department of Educational Technology, 1