Yoga: Science of the Soul in Japan

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Yoga: Science of the Soul

Small-town Indian instructor exports technique to Japan and

Australia

 

Neel Kamal (neelkamal) Email Article Print Article

 

Published 2006-07-18 12:08 (KST)

 

 

 

Yoga provides a big platform for a small-town instructor from India

to spread the message in far away Japan and Australia. Capable of

providing a healing touch, yoga is spreading its influence the world

over.

 

Amandeep Sharma, who hails from the small town of Barnala, says that

people who are interested in yoga just to remove physical diseases

should understand that even the healthiest body has to perish some

day.

 

 

Getting down with Yoga in Tokyo: A shot of Amandeep Sharma's class

 

©2006 A. Sharma

"We have to know our immortal, blissful soul to become permanently

happy. For this, yoga is most suitable," Sharma says.

 

Sharma has been in Tokyo for more than a year. He says the number of

Japanese women turning to yoga in their search for happiness

outnumbers the men. Accordingly, Japanese women who were once only

interested in club life are now joining yoga centers.

 

Sensing their attraction to the discourses of Sharma, Voice, a large

company in Japan, has requested his services, which includes

lectures and classes on yoga and Vedic astrology. He teaches on

Tuesday, Saturday and Sundays.

 

Last year, Sharma was invited to Australia to give lectures on yoga

philosophy and Vedic astrology. He says many Australians are looking

to relieve mental stress by using the ancient meditation techniques

of India. Australians prefer natural remedies like yoga or Ayurveda

to doctors. For many Australians suffering from obesity, asthma, and

diabetes, yoga postures like Kapalbhati and Bhastrika have proved

very effective.

 

 

 

 

©2006 A. Sharma

Before landing in Japan, Sharma taught at Yoga Niketan, Rishikesh,

India. He says his aim in foreign countries is not only teaching

yoga and spirituality, but also trying to introduce many aspects of

yoga that are originally from India but for which the world never

gave India credit.

 

Apart from teaching yoga, Sharma is at home with Vedic astrology and

Sanskrit (an ancient Indian language). He is also helping many

people to change their life patterns and become more prosperous

through Vedic astrology. A score of American and Canadian groups

have called him for lectures on yoga.

 

 

 

 

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