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Deccan Herald
3 hours ago
- Health
- Deccan Herald
Visually impaired children perform yoga in Mysuru
Mysuru: Special and visually impaired children performed at the 11th International Yoga day event at Mysuru Palace premises on Saturday morning and inspired people. Visual impairment was no hurdle for 8-year-old Chetan of class 1 nor 10-year-old Shankar who performed yoga at the event. As many as 29 others like them from Government Blind School for Boys of Mysuru from class 1 to 10, joined them. They were accompanied and helped by members of an NGO - Payal Sharma, Anil Kumar led by their CEO Anantha Lakshmi. The NGO has been training them with yoga and other skills like swimming, spoken English, computer courses, various sports. Also, three teachers Shivakumar, Ravi and Uday accompanied the children. Down syndrome too didn't deter the spirit of 9-year-old Shaheeb from Pukkoottu, Mallapura district of Kerala. He was one among 15 other special children from four to 10 years of age from different parts of the country who are in Mysuru for a two year pre-school training at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing. .They were accompanied by AIISH Director M Puspavathi, yoga instructor, Hemali Rudrappa and special educator C C Leena. Wearing saree did not come in way for neither 55-year-old Rajamma nor her daughter Jaya Ravi Kumar and several women among the 70 people from Kempisiddanahundi of Mysuru who performed yoga by sporting a white t-shirt at the event. They are learning yoga at Ayush Arogya Mandira from Dr K Sujatha at the village. Rajamma shared, "I have been learning yoga for four years. I wake up at 5 pm and practice yoga with fellow villagers from 6 am to 7 am and later get along with routine chores and don't get tired till evening. Earlier I suffered from gastritis, asthma and knee joint pain, now I am not taking medicine for any of it and I am healthy due to yoga," she said.
Deccan Herald
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Deccan Herald
Visually impaired children, women sporting t-shirts perform yoga in Mysuru
Special children perform at 11th International Yoga day event at Mysuru Palace premises on Saturday morning. Credit: Anup Ragh T
Deccan Herald
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
World going through tensions, Yoga gives direction of peace: PM Modi
Addressing the 11th International Yoga day participants here, Modi said the day marks the beginning of the ancient practice for humanity where inner peace becomes global policy.
New Indian Express
9 hours ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Yoga marks beginning of inner peace becoming global policy: PM Modi
VISAKHAPATANAM: Yoga leads people on a journey towards oneness with the world while the International Yoga Day marks the beginning of the ancient practice for humanity where inner peace becomes global policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Addressing the 11th International Yoga day participants here, Modi said when India proposed June 21 to be celebrated as International Yoga day in the United Nations, in a short time 175 countries accepted it. After 11 years, Yoga has now become part of the lives of crores of people around the world, he further said adding. "whether the Sydney Opera House or Everest mountain or the span of the ocean, the message is that Yoga is for everyone." The PM said some tensions or others were happening around the world. "My request to the world-- let this Yoga day mark the beginning of Yoga for humanity 2.0 where inner peace becomes global policy," he said. He further said Yoga leads us on a journey towards oneness with world. Further, Yoga is for everyone, beyond boundaries, backgrounds, age or ability, the PM said.
The Print
10 hours ago
- Health
- The Print
Yoga marks beginning of inner peace becoming global policy: PM Modi
After 11 years, Yoga has now become part of the lives of crores of people around the world, he further said adding. 'whether the Sydney Opera House or Everest mountain or the span of the ocean, the message is that Yoga is for everyone.' The PM said some tensions or others were happening around the world. Addressing the 11th International Yoga day participants here, Modi said when India proposed June 21 to be celebrated as International Yoga day in the United Nations, in a short time 175 countries accepted it. Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Jun 21 (PTI) Yoga leads people on a journey towards oneness with the world while the International Yoga Day marks the beginning of the ancient practice for humanity where inner peace becomes global policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. 'My request to the world– let this Yoga day mark the beginning of Yoga for humanity 2.0 where inner peace becomes global policy,' he said. He further said Yoga leads us on a journey towards oneness with world. Further, Yoga is for everyone, beyond boundaries, backgrounds, age or ability, the PM said. Yoga is a great personal discipline, also a system that takes people from 'Me to We' and is the pause button that humanity needs to breath, balance to become whole again, he added. The PM later joined the volunteers to perform Yoga. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu also spoke at the event. Naidu said Modi made Yoga popular not only in India but across the world, turning it into a global wellness movement. Naidu highlighted that Yoga Day is being celebrated in more than 175 countries, across 12 lakh locations with the participation of over 10 crore people. 'I am thanking our visionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making Yoga popular not only in India (but also) across the world. He started International Yoga Day through the United Nations and made Yoga a global wellness movement,' said Naidu. PTI STH GDK SA This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
