Isha mega programme on International Yoga Day, 2017
18 June 2017, Coimbatore: Sadhguru, Founder, Isha Foundation, conducted a yoga session at the iconic 112-feet face of Adiyogi- the Source of Yoga which was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this year. Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra Shri C Vidyasagar Rao was the Chief Guest and Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Tourism & Culture (Independent Charge) Dr Mahesh Sharma was the Guest of Honour at the celebrations at Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore at 7 am to mark the third International Day of Yoga. The Hon’ble Governor and Hon’ble Minister light the Maha Yoga Yagna, a pledge which will reinforce the movement to spread Yoga to millions of people worldwide in the coming year.
A multicultural group of people from all walks of life including school children, women, members of paramilitary forces and a large number of people from across Tamil Nadu participated in the session at Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore.
Sadhguru, the Hon’ble Governor and the Hon’ble Minister addressed the global community and Yoga enthusiasts in over 300 countries and speak about the significance of Yoga and the International Day of Yoga through a live webstream.
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Isha Foundation is an accredited Yoga institution by Ministry of Ayush and part of the AYUSH ministry’s International Day of Yoga Steering Committee. After the immense impact of the first two years of the International Day of Yoga, Isha Foundation is concentrating its efforts to offer the science of Yoga, with a special focus on students and soldiers of India.
Isha Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Border Security Force (BSF) this month which will equip over 2 lakh 50 thousand BSF personnel to learn Yoga in scientific way through teachers trained by Sadhguru. Isha is in the process of conducting large scale Hatha Yoga programs for paramilitary forces across India. Isha is also conducting Yoga sessions in prisons, state & central government institutions, schools, colleges, radio stations, corporate houses, shopping malls etc this year.
Isha will also conduct an Upa-yoga session for over 3000 scientists, engineers and personnel of Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on the International Day of Yoga.
To mark the third International Day of Yoga, Isha Foundation conducted a 8-day intense Hatha Yoga program in May 2017 at Isha Yoga Center in which over 2000 people from 38 countries participated.
To celebrate the third International Day of Yoga, Isha Foundation is hosting Yoga sessions across the world. The Yoga sessions are being offered in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush, State Education departments, Embassies, Consulates and a host of Corporate partners around the world, enabling Isha to make these offerings free of cost
In a massive movement towards spreading Yoga across the world, Isha is offering modules of ‘Upa Yoga’. The Foundation is also training and empowering thousands of volunteers around the globe to conduct yoga sessions.
Explaining the significance of Yoga, Sadhguru says, “The only way to experience true wellbeing is to turn inward. This is what yoga means – not up, not out, but in. In is the only way out.”
As part of celebrations of the second International Day of Yoga last year, Isha Foundation reached out to over 35,000 schools across India, touching over 20 million students not just on Yoga Day but throughout the year. Apart from India, Yoga sessions are being conducted in 6 continents and over 80 countries. A large number of trainers are being prepared to offer free yoga sessions in 50,000 locations across USA.
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