The two-day conference on yoga and holistic health concluded. After International Yoga festivalYoga Kumbht was time for some serious research based study on yoga.
The two-day conference which concluded on Sunday in a local hotel near Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya saw nearly 100 research papers by academicians from across the country. The conference was organised by the Indian Association of yoga, New Delhi.
Presiding over the conference as chief guest District magistrate of Haridwar Harbans Singh Chugh said, “Yoga is our ancient heritage which we have given to the world as a gift. Through scientific researches we are reinventing this age old science and a conference like gives platform for sharing of innovative ideas. Whatever our aim in life is- yoga helps attain that goal in a systematic way. For a yogi the success is sure shot because he always makes a balanced approach in life and career.”
He also added that Haridwar was fast emerging as yoga hub with institutions like Patanjali Yoga peeth and Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya.
Founder of the Indian Association of yoga, Kamakhya Kumar said, “Varying from studies on effect of mantra on life style diseases to effect of environmental pollution on human psychology and role of mudras in curing psychosomatic diseases, an array of topics were discussed in this conference. People from as fast as Tirupati in Tamil Nadu to Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir participated in the discussions”
Presiding in the conference as guest of honour, Director of Parmarth Niketan Ram Mahesh Mishra said, “Some western nations had made a mockery of yoga making it variously formed but such conferences helped retain the yoga in its true spirit.”
Professor J P N MIshra from central university of Gujarat discussed the therapeutic role of yoga in stress management by balancing the body hormones. Pinakin Rajyaguru, Professor Sandeep Kumar of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, P C Malashe, Urmila Pandey, Mamta Arora were amongst the few eminent delegates who presented on the concluding day of the conference.