On the occasion of the first ever International Yoga Day the Yoga Research Center, Kasturba Hospital, BHEl, Bhopal organized a special programme at the Yoga Centre, Habibganj highlighting its positive effects on mind and harmonizing the imbalances that manifests as diseases.Executive Director, BHEl, Bhopal AMV Yugandhar was present as the Chief Guest on the occasion.
All general managers, senior officials, regular participants of the yogic exercises at the centre, retired BHEl Employees and many members of the society from outside BHEl had participated in the program with great enthusiasm.Yungandhar in his address congratulated the organizing team and Amrit Bindu, Yoga Teacher who is a qualified and nominated yoga teacher provided by Bihar School of Yoga, Munger. He further emphasized on the importance of yoga in the care of an individual's body and mind.
He also informed the gathering about the BHEl management's readiness in extending all assistance to the project of "Yoga at Work Places".Bindu briefly described and demonstrated a few important asana, Pranayam and meditations during the one hour real time practical session.Earlier, Sarla Menon in her welcome address threw light on the regular activities of the Yoga Research Centre, started way back in 2006.
The Yoga was adopted as an alternative and supplementary therapy in life-style and psychosomatic diseases like Hypertension, Asthma, Diabetes Mellitus where it has been proved that regular yogic exercises benefit the individual to improve their health.The programme was compered by Ramakrishna, a Yoga enthusiast and a teacher of Carmel Convent.