Who’s who of the city, led by Food and Civic Supplies Minister Saryu Roy, DC Amit Kumar, SSP Anoop Birtharay participated in Yoga held at Mohan Abuja Stadium to mark International Yoga Day. The district administration organised the event. Though the event was scheduled at Gopal Maidan, yet the venue was shifted due to bad weather.
Addressing the gathering, Roy said fitness is the need of the hour and there can’t be better than yoga. He noted that it is a pride moment to learn that countries across the world have accepted yoga and are celebrating International Day of Yoga today. It is high time that we make yoga a part of our life.
Yoga teachers from Patanjali Yogpith, who have been contributing their service in teaching yoga, were felicitated.
Another participant said that Yoga is an invaluable gift of our ancient tradition. Yoga embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being. It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature.
City-based yoga expert, Om Narayan, said, “We all know that yoga has multiple therapeutic benefits. Apart from increased flexibility, balanced energy levels and a composed mind, for some, yoga helps to slow down the ageing process. I have been practising yoga for the last 20 years.
Yoga has the power to align your body and emotions together. It lets you work in a composed manner. All you have to do is invest 30-45 minutes a day on yoga and see its wonderful impact on your physical and mental wellbeing.”
Yoga is more than a mere workout for Sambhavi Saxena, a banker. She says yoga helped her get rid of acute spondilitis. “Thankfully, I was able to join a yoga clinic as soon as I identified my problem, five years back. Today, I am able to balance my work-life better,” she said.
The three main focuses of Hatha yoga (exercise, breathing, and meditation) make it beneficial to those suffering from heart disease, back pain, schizophrenia, stress and it is also useful for cancer patients to decrease depression, insomnia, pain, and fatigue and to increase anxiety control.
Yoga has brought remarkable lifestyle changes in the practitioners. Yoga can be many things to many people.