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INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

21ST JUNE 2015
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME YOGA SESSIONS?
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21ST JUNE 2015
 

At the Visa Oshwal Mahajanwadi Mombasa

 

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YOGA FOR HEALTH AND HUMANITY

 

United Nations adopted 21st June as the International Yoga Day on the 11th December 2014 after being co-sponsored by 175 countries. Yoga, more than 5,000-year-old physical, mental and spiritual practice having its origin in India, embodies unity of mind and body of an individual and leads to harmony between man and the nature and is a holistic approach to health and well-being.

 

HSS Kenya (established in 1947) is observing the first UN International Yoga Day celebration in Kenya in collaboration with other organizations such as Africa Yoga Project, Art of Living, Vipassana Association, Hindu religious and Service Centre, Hindu Council of Kenya, Brahmakumari, including many other Yoga organizations in Kenya, which are all non-profit organisations who have been practicing Yoga for decades. To make this project successful, a committee has been formed with volunteers from these and other organizations and the whole event is a non-profit event.

SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, 21st JUNE 2015
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This event will be from

9am to 12pm. 

 

The following activities will take place:

 

  • Yoga postures practice in unison

  • Yoga presentations & lectures

  • Yoga advise desks

  • Meditation and pranayama sessions

  • Yoga literature and material provision

  • And much more

What is Yoga?

What is Yoga

Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline that denotes a variety of schools, practices and individual goals the best-known being Hatha yoga and Raja yoga. Practice of Yoga leads to a holistic approach to health and humanity. Yoga postures and conscious breathing practice has proved to prevent and cure numerous diseases as well leading to a happy and healthy life. An individual practicing yoga in its real form and purity is known as a Yogi.

 

The origins of Yoga have been speculated to date back to pre-Vedic South Asian traditions. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga. Yoga is a practice for the mankind irrespective of creed, cast and origin and is about an individual and his body.

 

According to Saint Patanjali, Yoga is a complete calming of the movements of the mind. Through steady practice and detachment, when the seer-practitioner restrains the five mental activities – perceived knowledge, misconception, imagination, sleep and memory, then the seer is established in his own essential and fundamental nature, then it is Yoga.

 

Benefits of Practicing Yoga

Leaving aside the spiritual benefits that Yoga offers, Yoga also provides various health related materialistic benefits :-

  • It strengthens the concentration, the determination and moulds the character to sustain various tensions in the materialistic world.

  • With the practice of various asanas (postures) it keeps the ills such as diabetic, high and low blood pressure away or in control

  • It improves core strength of the body, endurance, flexibility

  • With the practice of Pranayam (breathing technique) and other postures, the glands and muscles are flexed which cures various diseases, particularly caused because of bad food habits and irregular lifestyle. The constipation and ulcer are examples of this.

  • Yoga strengthens the entire digestion process, making every part of the body healthy, light and active.

  • Yoga also keeps the respiratory and allergy problems away and increases immunity.

  • Yogic exercise and Yogic diet dissolves the fat, which makes the body light and it remains healthy, fit and attractive.

  • Through Yoga, we can experience the inner happiness and calm attitude. Source: book – “Yoga for Everyday Life” by N.V. Raghuram

 

Did you know?

  • UN adopted 21st June as the International Yoga Day on the 11th December 2014 after being co-sponsored by 175 countries.

  • Yoga is a more than 5000 year old physical, mental and spiritual practice having its origin in India.

Question:
Why 21st June was chosen as International Yoga Day?

Answer:

The day was chosen as it’s the longest day of the calendar year, a day connected with Sun, light and nature. 

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Event Convener (Mombasa): Kush Manek

Email: kushmanek@hotmail.com

Mobile: +254788225296

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