Shweta Dwivedi & Vijendra Sahai — Kanpur.

In the practice of yoga, as it is in the process of education in general, five elements are necessarily involved – the teacher, the student, the aim, the subject and the method. Education aims at development of the whole human being, and very often the essential elements are lost sight of and thus the endeavour attains nothing substantial. There must be force in the teaching, for the very presence of the teacher can have a deep impact on the student. The competent student is one does not have any other interest except the area under study. Though the aim of yoga is universal, its practice is an individual affair.