Mysuru, June 21 (OSR)- The warm-up and the warm-down exercises and the 16 asanas performed in between, had the stomachs of 60,000 or more yoga enthusiasts growling, as they made a beeline to the food stall soon after participating in the Fourth International Yoga Day (IYD) celebrations in city, this morning. The day had begun…
Will convince Modi to come to Mysuru for 2019 Yoga Day: MP Pratap Simha
June 21, 2018Mysuru: When the ground work for today’s International Yoga Day celebrations began, every Mysurean expected Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be a part of the celebrations in this Heritage City. While short-listing the names for the venues of the main yoga event, the Union Government had chosen Mysuru and it was later shifted to Dehradun…
Six yoga achievers felicitated
June 21, 2018Mysuru: As part of International Yoga Day, six yoga achievers were conferred ‘Yoga Kalaratna Award at a programme. The event was jointly organised by Himalaya Kala Sahitya and Mysuru Yoga Samsthegala Okkoota at Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) premises here yesterday. The Yoga achievers who were conferred the award are — V. Somasekhar, Ramesh, Sashikumar,…
Mass Yoga tomorrow
June 20, 2018Traffic diversion on roads leading to Race Course Separate entry gates for VIPs and public KSRTC buses to ferry participants to the venue Parking arrangements at 10 places 300 schools gear up for mega event Walk-in entry allowed Mysuru: After getting its name etched in the Guinness World Records for the Largest Gathering at a…
Schools gear up for mega show
June 20, 2018Mysuru: Over 300 schools including private and government schools across the city are participating in the mass yoga at MRC tomorrow. Ranganath of GSS Yogic Foundation told Star of Mysore today that all the schools in the city have registered and students have been trained in all the 16 yogasanas that will be performed tomorrow…
Yoga Day at birthplace of B.K.S. Iyengar
June 20, 2018Bellur (Kolar district): International Yoga Day is being celebrated tomorrow and the Kolar District Administration in order to pay respects to International Yoga Guru late B.K.S. Iyengar (Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar) had organised a mass yoga programme at his birth place in Bellur on June 17. Speaking on the occasion, V.R. Sudarshan, former Chairman…
International Yoga Day at NIE
June 18, 2018Mysuru: The International Day of Yoga will be celebrated by NIE Group of Institutions in NIE DJISC on June 21, from 7 am to 8 am as recommended by UGC and VTU by performing Common Yoga Protocol adopted by AYUSH. C.L. Rudresh (YIC QCI), alumni of NIE and second best all-round Yogi-2015 (as declared by…
Yoga Day Musings…
June 16, 2018June 21 is International Yoga Day and last year our city made it to the Guinness World Records for the most number of people performing yoga in a single location. Very apt for a city that is world renowned for its yogashalas and yoga gurus. Like most children in Mysuru, in the early 80s, I…
Sayoga: A one-stop boutique for yoga
June 16, 2018By Sujata Rajpal It’s not that in life every venture begins with a dream. Sometimes ideas erupt out of nothing but ultimately take the form of a dream. The story of Sayoga, a boutique store for yoga enthusiasts is something similar. It all started with providing accommodation to yoga practitioners visiting Mysuru. “Foreigners, who come…
Mysuru reJoises Ashtanga Yoga
June 16, 2018Sharath Jois, the world’s foremost authority in Ashtanga yoga, talks about benefits of yoga, his institute and why he is never tired of teaching this ancient yogic method. By Arathi Menon While the rest of the world knows the seasons to be four in number, an Ashtanga yoga practitioner, who makes his annual pilgrimage to…
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