Online yoga sessions, webinars begin ahead of Yoga Day

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 17

Ahead of International Yoga Day falling on coming Monday (June 21), various institutes have already started organising online workshops, sessions and webinars imparting training to the youth and encouraging them to adopt these exercises in their daily routine for stress relief, especially in Covid times.

A 10-day online yoga classes have been started for the students of all streams of Classes XI and XII of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya Collegiate Sr. Sec. School. The session was organised by the Department of Student Welfare. Eminent yoga expert Dr Vinod (Principal, OPM Institute of Education, Kapurthala) was the resource person for the classes. More than 200 students participated with full interest, enthusiasm and eagerness. The main aim of this session was to ignite a passion for fitness and yoga among the students as they sometimes feel stressed and depressed in the present time of Covid-19.During the session, asanas starting with warming up and stretching were followed by a series of Taar Asana, Ardhchakra Asana, Vajra Asana, Vriksh Asana, Mandok Asana, Bhujang Asana, etc. reducing psychological disorders, backache and other problems were discussed. He said practicing these asanas will also help in increasing positivity and emotional balance among students. Principal Atima Sharma Dwivedi encouraged the students to practice yoga in order to achieve holistic development as yoga inculcates the qualities of discipline, dedication, self control and concentration etc. Principal lauded the efforts of Dr Madhumeet, dean, Department of Student Welfare; Veena Deepak, co-ordinator, KMV Collegiate Sr. Sec. School; Anand Prabha and other faculty members of KMV Collegiate Sr. Sec. School for organising the yoga sessions.

Week-long yoga workshop under way at LPU

The division of student welfare at Lovely Professional University is organising a seven-day holistic health workshop-“Yoga for You”. Occasion is the celebration of “International Yoga Day 2021”, which falls on June 21. For this, renowned resource persons, including experts in vedic dcience, psycho-neurobics, clinical psychology and more are to instruct the participants. This is a free workshop specially designed for students and staff-members to upskill their mind and healthy living during existing hard times.

Different sessions on these days will cover “Sukshma Vyayama and Pranayam; chakra healing with psycho-neurobics exercises; strengthening of emotional immunity with brain related exercises; holistic health and wellness in Covid times; yoga for stress management; health and lifestyle boosting; and more.

Neurobics is the science behind brain exercises, which are meant to decrease memory loss and increase the ease of taking in and using new information adequately. It’s a fact that the brain needs to practice and get better in a variety of skills for working the very best. Besides benefiting brain and memory power, neurobic- exercises are learnt to improve mood, focus, memory, and mindset, which is to be essentially done in these pandemic days. Similarly, clinical psychologists will also help assess mental, emotional and behavioural disorders and help people discover their strengths.

Renowned experts for the workshop are Dr Mahesh Dogra (PhD in vedic science and psycho-neurobics); Prof BC Chauhan from Central University of Himachal Pradesh; Dr Shaveta Bhardwaj (Clinical psychologist and counsellor from Shrimann Super-speciality Hospital); Dr Poonam Singh (PhD in yoga from Yog Manthan) and Dr Sorabh Lakhanpal, head, DSW at LPU. The event is to last up to June 21. In fact, LPU is very keen to care for humanity and the society as a whole in all ways through continuous endeavours of one or the other kind.

Webinar on ‘Importance of yoga during Covid-19’

A webinar on ‘Importance of yoga during Covid-19’ was organised on Thursday by Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB) and Press Information Bureau (PIB) under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Guest speaker and yoga trainer Gurmeet Singh demonstrated various asanas and pranayamas like Gomukhasana, Mandukasana, Pawanmuktasana, Bhujangasana, Anulom Vilom, Bhramari, Kapalabhati, etc. to the participants. He further informed the benefits associated with these asanas. The trainer said there was no specific time and place to practice yoga and it could be done anywhere and anytime. Yoga keeps an individual active, increases metabolism and brings peacefulness, he added.

Later during the webinar, a song dedicated to yoga was performed by Cdt. Shivraj Singh and Cdt. Varinder Singh, NCC Cadets from Government Senior Secondary Smart School, Amritsar. In his welcome address, Rajesh Bali, Field Publicity Officer (FPO), Field Outreach Bureau (FOB), Jalandhar, said in this lockdown and pandemic period, yoga is the best thing to adopt as a lifestyle habit as it helps everyone build a strong physical, mental and spiritual well-being. The session concluded with Shishu Kumar Sharma, Assistant Director, PIB, Jalandhar, presenting a vote of thanks to all the participants. Other officials of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from the region also participated in the webinar.

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