The present modern life style has made the people to face lot of challenges and problems in their routine life, It demands more physical and mental efficiency to cope with such challenges and problems. To fulfill those demands Physical fitness and Yoga exercises are ideal ways to face the challenges and problems in an effective and efficient manner. Keeping above matter and the syllabus of physical fitness and yoga subjects of St. Mira’s College for Girls, Pune in mind the present peace of book is published. The purpose of book is to lay frame work for practical application of relative significance of Physical Fitness and Yoga exercises. The book ‘Physical Fitness and Yoga’ brings the knowledge about the Physical fitness and Yoga exercises and its health benefits to the human body. Through the various chapters this book delineates the importance of Physical fitness and Yoga exercises in daily routine life to keep away the stress and strain. It also shows light on the type of each exercise and its health benefits. This book enables us to understand the practical procedures of doing each exercise in a very systematic way by utilizing our body joints motions. The book also enlightens about the significant role of Physical fitness and Yoga exercises in curing various diseases and recovering from the health illness. The book is very essential for the academic studies in Physical Education and Allied Sciences; it can be utilized for teaching purpose for the U.G and RG level students of various courses.

Dr. Jugadar Manju Arun, born 1st June, 1956 in Ajmer, Rajasthan State and she completed her school & graduation studies in Jodhpur District. She then completed her B.Ed and M.Ed in Physical Education from Pune University. Further she cleared SET in 1996 from Maharashtra State and also completed her Ph.D degree from Gulbarga University, Gulbarga in 2012. As a sportswoman she represented India in High Jump and 4x100 mtrs. Relay events at Malaysian Golden Jubilee Invitation International Meet, Malaysia, 1994 and got Gold and Silver Medal respectively. Since 32 years she was working in the field of Physical Education & Sports as a Director of Physical Education, Selection Committee Member, Sports Organizer, Technical Official and Researcher etc. She published 2 international and 5 national articles in her name and also she got state and national awards for her achievements.