Sagari N. Rai, a 7th std student of Kendriya Vidyalaya, won the gold medal in yoga completion at the recently held Regional Sports Meet in Bengaluru. She is the daughter of Suchithra Rai and Nuthan Rai couple residing in Teachers Layout in city. Sagari will be taking part in the national level yoga competition to…
7th Asian Yoga Sports Competition: City’s Kushi bags 4 gold and a silver
July 31, 2017Kushi of Mysuru, who recently created record for back plank recline cruncher under yogic practise, won four gold and a silver medal in the recently concluded 7th Asian Yoga Sports Championship organised by Yoga Sports Singapore at Kallang Community Club here. She won gold medals in Rhythmic Yoga, Artistic Pair Yoga, Yagasana and Free Flow…
City yoga champs for Singapore
July 10, 2017City yoga champs, who will be participating in the Yoga Championship to be held in Singapore from July 28, were felicitated during the ‘Yoga Convocation’ organised by Mysuru Vivekananda Yoga Education and Research Centre in association with World Yoga Alliance at Jaganmohan Palace in city yesterday. The yoga champs, who were feted are (sitting from…
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June 24, 2017Mysuru lost to Ahmedabad in making it into the Guinness Book of Records for the most number of people performing yoga in a single location. It’s unfortunate but kudos to Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep and the numerous organisations for conducting such a huge event. It was a great way to evoke interest in yoga. But…
Huge demand for yoga courses in city
June 21, 2017Mysuru: Thanks to a series of yoga performances and the general awareness created on Mysuru being the International Yoga Capital, yoga courses offered by government and private institutions have found increased takers these days. Interestingly, the courses that had fewer admissions earlier, are witnessing a lot of demand since the last two years, especially after…
Yoga spell continues
June 21, 2017Mysuru is agog this week having hosted the historic event of World Yoga Day (June 21), mainly to lay claim to Guinness Record of organising more than 60,000 participants at a single venue performing 21 asanas, a selection from the list of asanas that has come down from Sage Pathanjali, whose yogasutras date back to…
Yogi of Yogis Sri Paramahansa Yogananda who had visited our city
June 20, 2017Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced millions of people including westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a Yogi. On the occasion of International Yoga Day tomorrow, we hereby publish an article written by K.G. Manjunath on the contributions of Paramahansa to the world…
Mock drill for longest chain yoga in city
June 17, 2017Mysuru: There was palpable excitement in the air at the historic Mysuru Palace premises this morning, as thousands of students, freeing their arms and limbs, gathered for rehearsal to create the ‘Longest Chain Yoga’ record. The District Administration was pleasantly surprised to see the sea of young students right from sixth standard to PUC gathered….
Government employees urged to take part in Yoga Day
June 17, 2017Mysuru: The Mysuru District Unit of Karnataka State Government Employees Association has asked all Government employees to take part in the Guinness Record attempt at the sprawling Mysuru Race Course land scheduled on International Yoga day on June 21. Addressing a press conference this morning, Association District President H.K. Ramu said all Government employees have…
International Day of Yoga: A Guinness Record attempt at World Yoga Capital
June 17, 2017BY MTY&VNS This year, the International Yoga Day on June 21 in Mysuru will be special compared to the two previous editions as more than 60,000 enthusiasts will try to create a new Guinness Record for largest number of people performing yoga at one single venue. Apart from this, 6,001 students from 15 educational institutions…
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