I'national Yoga Fest

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I'national Yoga Fest - Passageway to tranquility March 1-7, 2006

India Post News Service

 

RISHIKESH: Yoga means "union". It is a union of breathes to the body,

of mind to the muscles, and most importantly of self to the divine

and what better place to become "united" than on the sacred banks of

Mother Ganga, in a land which rishis and sages have flocked for

millennia?

International Yoga Festival, hosted at Parmarth Niketan Ashram,

Rishikesh (Himalayas), India, in cooperation with the Uttranchal

Tourism Development Board, a yearly conglomeration where world's

renowned yoga gurus meet and disseminate information about yoga, will

be celebrated from March 1-7.

While the conglomeration will discuss all the aspects of yoga, the

focus will be on yogasanas, pranayama, and meditation.

The festival will include:

• Kundalini Yoga, taught by world famous Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa of

Golden Bridge Yoga, Hollywood, California, USA. Gurmukh is one of the

world's most renowned Kundalini Yoga teachers and is one of the

highlights of every year's Festival.

• Yoga, Vedanta and Ayurveda, taught by David Frawley, a world-

renowned expert on Vedanta, Ayurveda and their synthesis with yoga.

He is the founder of the American Institute of Vedic Studies, and

author of "Yoga and Ayurveda" and "Yoga and the Sacred Fire".

• Iyengar Yoga and Pranayama, taught by Birjoo Mehta, one of the

longest and closest disciples of Yogacharya B K S Iyengar, as well as

the managing trustee of the Light on Yoga Trust, Mumbai. Birjoo is a

renowned Iyengar yoga teacher who has taught in nearly 20 countries

around the world.

• Ashtanga Yoga and Philosophy, taught by Ganeshanath, director of

the Latin America School of Yoga, and president of The Argentine

Republic Federation of Yoga.

• Power Yoga taught by world famous Brahmachari Vishwa Pal Jayanti.

• Reiki taught by Reiki Master Rohini Khatri.

• Yoga Nidra and Nada Yoga taught by Sadhvi Abha Saraswati.

• Meditation taught by Sadhvi Bhagwati Saraswati.

• Pranic Healing and yoga therapy.

The festival will also witness yoga gurus and philosophers like Swami

Chidanand Saraswati, Shankaracharya Swami Divya-nand Teerth and Veda

Bharati and others speaking on various aspects of yoga. The peace-

seekers can also clarify their doubts related to 'yoga - the art of

attaining spiritual highs.'

Divine Ganga Aarti will be performed to end each day of the festival.

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