Dayanand Public School, Shimla

The school celebrated International Yoga Day with great enthusiasm. The theme for this year’s Yoga Day was “Yoga for humanity”. The program was started under the chairmanship of Principal of the school Anupam. The program started at 7:30 am. About 400 students and all the teachers of the school participated enthusiastically in the event. Bhastrika, anulom-vilom, kapalbhati, padmasana, chakrasana, bhujangasana, dhanurasana, gaumukhasana, sarvangasana and 10 surya namaskar mantras were performed by the physical head of the school Deepak Sharma and Bhushan. The Principal also addressed the students and encouraged the students to make yoga an important part of their daily routine. She expressed her thoughts on the importance of International Yoga Day. During the day till forenoon all the classes in full strength did yoga exercises in the school ground turn wise. After this a special presentation on ‘hatha yoga’ was given by some students in groups in the school hall, which was appreciated by all. In the end, all the participants were given fruits as refreshment.