Page 8 - Yoga

Letters: The importance of yoga

Apropos the article, "CEOs adopt yoga as stress buster" (June 21) by Raghavendra Kamath and M Saraswathy, practising yoga is crucial for combating stress and body ailments. Meditation and pranayama (breathing exercises) help calm the mind and prevent it from getting surrounded by ego, desire and fear. This helps one regain composure, boosts mental strength and wards off psychological disorders.Likewise, yogic callisthenics, best suited for people in tropical countries such as India, keep the body fit and active. Late Paul Brunton, the British author of delightful, spiritual travelogues, wrote in his classic A Search in Secret India that once when he was complaining about the twisting and turning of the body required for asanas, he was told by a Tamil yogi: "... there are many nerve-centres scattered throughout the body, and each posture affects a different centre. Through the nerves we can influence either the organs of the body or thoughts. Those twists enable us to reach nerve centre

Yoga is India's gift to the world: Sadhguru

The spiritual leader said after UN proclaimed an international day for yoga, it now belongs to everybody

Make yoga integral part of life: President Mukherjee

He said yoga will create overall harmony between body and mind, it will enhance mental and physical well-being

Yoga to get boost in new education policy

Yoga Olympiad will be held every year to ensure every school-going child learns it for holistic development

Anil Vij reviews arrangements for yoga training programme

Yoga guru Ramdev, the brand ambassador for yoga and ayurveda in Haryana, would impart training to participants in this event

21st of every month to be celebrated as Yoga Day in Maharashtra: Education Minister

Vinod Tawde had recently held a meeting with yoga institutions like Art of Living and Patanjali Yog Samiti

Centre asks states to adopt yoga as part of school syllabus

Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik also said that yoga has been made compulsory for police personnel

India-China Yoga College hit among Chinese

Drawing thousands of followers, to its free lessons on the ancient Indian physical and spiritual practice.

Yoga sessions to be part of White House Easter celebrations

In honour of the final Easter Egg Roll of the Obama Administration, this year's theme is 'Let's Celebrate'