Aims and Scope Armed Police Force Command and Staff College is established to enhance the professionalism of mid- level officers of Armed Police Force Nepal. Journal of APF Command and Staff College (JAPFSC) is an annual peer-reviewed journal launched by APF Command and Staff College, Kathmandu, Nepal since 2018. Journal is one of the most-important sources of producing and disseminating the knowledge to the related subjects. In order to be scientific, knowledge must be (1) systematic, (2) methodical,(3) general, and (4) critical. The journal will be an impetus for carrying recent theoretical, conceptual, methodological and new paradigms of security, development, and peace studies. The journal welcomes original, academic and research from multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives. Professors, academics, researchers, policy makers and students may see learning opportunity and will highly benefited from the research based articles included in the journal. Call for Paper Every year there will be announcement of Call for Paper and the last date of paper submission will be by the end of September of the following year. After receiving the evaluation report, it will be sent to the author for its revision. Finally the author will submit his/her paper to the research committee. The Editor- in- Chief has right to accept or reject the articles for publication. The author has to acknowledge to the organization or institution if the research has been financially supported by them. The authors receive three copies of the issue in which their article appears. The audiences are suggested to go through www.nepjol.info for reading the papers published in this journal. It aims to identify the areas of research which are as follows: national and regional security, national integration, national and international law, peace, development, planning, foreign policy, ecology, environment and climate change along with global commons (but not limited to:). The research article should have more than 5,000 words; 3,000 words for book review and research notes; and 300 words for abstract including five keywords. The research work should be based on global research methodology. After receiving the research papers, it will be first consulted by the editor-in-chief and then it will be sent to the expert(s) for evaluating the paper. The last date of paper submission will be by the end of September of the following year. The authors will not be charged any fee for publishing their articles. Views expressed in the articles are purely personal and the academic opinion of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by Armed Police Force Command and Staff College and Editorial Board. The editorial board reserves right to edit, moderate or reject the article submitted. Editorial The Editorial Board is pleased to publish and disseminate the ―Journal of APF Command and Staff College‖, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2020. We believe that the contributions by the authors in this issue reflect conceptual, theoretical and empirical research works in their respective fields. The researches have been confined to ethos of security, development and peace spectrum. It encompassed articles from scholars, researchers and practitioners aligning it with contemporary issues and security related dynamics of modern era. Professors, academics, researchers, policy makers and students may seize learning opportunity and will highly be benefited from the articles included in the journal. The editorial board reserves the right to edit, moderate or reject the articles submitted. The articles included in this journal are mostly research based. Views expressed in the articles are purely personal and academic opinion of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by APF Command and Staff College and the Editorial Board. We would like to express sincere thanks to all the contributors for their respective inputs. The Editorial Board Journal of APF Command and Staff College APF Command and Staff College Sanogaucharan, Kathmandu, Nepal Journal of APF Command and Staff College Editorial Board Chief Editor Prof. Ramesh Raj Kunwar, PhD Editors Dr. Narendra Raj Paudel Dr. Sanjeev Humagain SP Bishnu Prashad Bhatta DSP Manoj Thapa APF Command and Staff College Sanogaucharan, Kathmandu, Nepal Phone: 01-441359 Fax: 01-4414129 Website: http://csc.apf.gov.np Email: [email protected] [email protected] Contents S.N Author Page Journal Topic No. 1. Ramesh Raj Kunwar, 1-20 A Preliminary Study of Yoga Tourism and Its Prospects in Nepal Netra P. Sharma 2. Rajendra Sharma 21-34 Contract for Peace: Peace Agreements and its Security Implication 3. Narendra Raj Paudel 35-48 Local Election in Nepal: Means for Ensuring Electoral Accountability Srijana Pahari 4. Neeru Karki 49-71 Tourism: A Tool for Track-two Diplomacy in Promoting People-to-People Relations Between Nepal and China. 5. Bishnu Psd Bhatta, 72-89 Bhaktapur Urban Flood related Disaster Risk and Strategy after 2018 Ramesh Kumar Pandey 6. Rabiraj Thapa 90-105 The Guiding Principles of Police: Use of Force 7. Narendra Bam, 106-119 Importance of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Training in Armed Police Force, Nepal Ramkrishna Maharjan, Raju Shrestha 8. Sanjeev Humagain 120-136 The Perils of Parliamentarism: Chasing the Flows of the Third Wave of Democratization in Girdhari Subedi, Asia Tikaram Aryal 9. Narayan Adhikari 137-151 Enter to Neo-Realist Era? Major Trends of Nepali Diplomacy in Federal Republic Era Manoj Thapa Journal of APF Command and Staff College (2020) 3:1, 1-20 Journal of APF Command and Staff College A Preliminary Study of Yoga Tourism and its Prospects in Nepal Ramesh R. Kunwar, APF Command and Staff College Email: [email protected] Netra P. Sharma Email:[email protected] The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind & the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.~ Iyengar (2005) Abstract Article History This article attempts to reveal the prospects of yoga tourism in Nepal. Received 01 November 2019 Yoga is gaining popularity worldwide due to its inherent quality to Accepted 05 December 2019 transform a person from illness to wellness. This is the reason yoga tourism is studied in academia under the umbrella term of wellness tourism. There are potentialities how Nepal can be one of the best destinations for yoga tourism. Nepal is spiritually saturated country being the birthplace of Gautama Buddha and playground of Lord Shiva, the Yogishwara. At the same time, Nepal is a Himalayan country including the highest mountain, Mt. Everest. The cultural heritage is another attraction. The simplicity of people attracts tourists who aim to learn yoga practices while visiting places for refreshment. This article has dealt about how yoga tourism is spreading, what are its theoretical and philosophical background, prospects and potentialities and so on. The major methodology Keywords applied in this article is library research, case studies and visiting actual places where yoga tourists from all over the world gather. Illness, Wellness, Yoga Yoga retreat survey has revealed actual scenario of yoga tourism. tourism, Yogic life style, Historicity of yoga philosophy is uncovered using original Classical National benefits Sanskrit Cannons. A sample survey identified yoga retreat centers in Kathmandu, the facilities available and potential aspects of tourism and income generation. The finding section documented the actual problems and prospects faced by the hosts, i.e., travel agencies, owners of yoga retreat centers, hoteliers, and yoga masters. The research has reached in conclusion: if right policies and facilities are generated, Nepal will gain a new identity as best destination for yoga tourism in the world. There are potentialities to develop internal yoga Corresponding Editor tourism as well. One can visualize Nepal being famous and Ramesh Raj Kunwar prosperous from yoga tourism and Nepalese people gaining health, [email protected] wealth and wellbeing by living yogic lifestyle and collecting reputation as yoga masters by guiding tourists into yoga life. Copyright@2020 Authors Published by: APF Command and Staff College, Kathmandu, Nepal ISSN 2616-0242 2 Journal of APF Command and Staff College (2020) 3:1, 1-20 Introduction The word yoga comes from Sanskrit root 'yuj', which means 'to yoke, to join together or union.' (Fish, 2006, p. 191). This joining is the union of the individual consciousness with the universal consciousness. On a more practical level, yoga is a means of balancing and harmonizing the body, mind and spirit (Lehto, Brown, Chen, & Morrison, 2006, p. 25; Cheer et al., 2017; Smith and Kelly, 2006). Yoga is about self-inquiry, self-encounter, self-surveillance and dismantling barriers to realizing full human potential (Smith, 2007; in Ponder, Patrick & Holladay, 2013, p. 28). For many, yoga means spiritual nourishment. But for others, it is just, well, nourishment (Lehto, Brown, Chen, & Morrison, 2006, p. 27). This is done through the practice of asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha, shatkarma and meditation (Satyananda, 2006, p. 1). Yoga practitioners are healthy and they look young. Yoga is the fountain of youth. Yoga practices ensure blood flow all over the body, toxin releases and body becomes healthy. A yoga posture makes the spine flexible. As long the spine becomes flexible, the practitioner remains young for long. Yoga is a holistic way of life leading to a state of complete physical, social, mental and spiritual wellbeing and harmony with nature (Taneja, 2014). Yoga is not just repetition of few postures – it is more about the exploration and discovery of the subtle energies of life. In recent time, yoga practitioners are exploring inner and outer world in search of the same. Yoga also can be clinically therapeutic for depression either in combination with meditation (Waelde et al., 2004; in Butler, Waelde, Hastings, Chin, Symons, Marshal et al, 2008, p. 808). Meditation includes a variety of attention-control practices that enable practitioners to focus attention and maintain awareness of the present moment (Waelde, 2004; in Butler et al., 2008).