Sharing July 2023 Yoga Life
Namaste
I am pleased to share your e-copy of July 2023 Yoga Life.
When the right man is honoured, the whole world rejoices! Our front cover captures one such moment of greatness when Yoga Ratna Prof Madanmohan was honoured by the Pondicherry Yoga community with the Lifetime Achievement Award during IDY 2023.
Prof Madanmohan has been one of the pioneers of integrating Yoga within the modern medical framework. He has been a teacher and researcher par-excellence and spearheaded numerous monumental projects that provided scientific basis for the practice of Yoga. Param Pujya Swamiji and Ammaji collaborated with him on numerous studies and his work at JIPMER since the mid-1970s resulted in Yoga becoming part of the medical curriculum. He was instrumental in creating the ACYTER at JIPMER in collaboration with MDNIY thus fostering collaboration between traditional and modern sciences. Later he was founding director of the CYTER at Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth and then the Centre for Yogic Sciences at AVMC.
The rest of the covers depict special moments of the numerous events held at Pondicherry to celebrate the 9th International Day of Yoga. Whenever Yoga sessions are conducted at Sri Kambaliswamy Madam we are reminded that such are the spiritual places where Yoga should truly be practiced. Dr Anandaji, as Madathipathy and lineage holder of the Rishiculture Gitananda Yoga Tradition led the session from the very spot where Param Pujya Swamiji and our beloved Yogamahashakti Ammaji had taught thousands of children. Hundreds of members of the Indian Yoga Association, Puducherry Yogasana Sports Association, Geetanjali Yogalayam, Vivekananda Yoga Centre, Yoganjali Natyalayam, ISCM and ICYER participated with enthusiasm and joy.
We also share special moments from the SBV Yoga Mahotsav organized by the ISCM of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth with nearly 500 faculty, staff and students participating in the Mass Yoga Demonstration at the Pondicherry Promenade with the Gandhi Statue and Old Lighthouse in the background. SBV was once again selected as one of the 100 institutions worldwide by MDNIY, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India as part of “100 Days, 100 Cities, 100 Organisations Countdown to IDY2023”.
This was followed by the 2-day National Conference on “Holistic Health and Healing through Yoga Therapy” that had excellent academic sessions with prominent resource persons sharing great wisdom and experience with all. Prizes were given to those meritorious students who had won the Yoga Essay, Yoga Quiz and Regional Level Yogasana Competitions that were held during the SBV Yoga Fest 2023.
We place on record our gratitude to Director MDNIY, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India for leading this most amazing IDY2023 celebrations. The benevolent Management and Administration of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth deserve our heartfelt gratitude for supporting the historical events.
Have a great day!
