Yoga exponents to discourse at workshop

Of late, has it been happening to you- the heavy eyelids, the drooping shoulders and the burning urge to be liberated from the unyielding, unending demands of our typical hectic, on the edge lifestyle. Well, it could happen to the best of us and probably its time to give our bodies and minds that much needed break. And that’s where yoga can help. In Melbourne, once again we have the golden opportunity to incorporate yoga into our daily lives and soak in the numerous benefits it offers to promote happy and healthy living.

Vasudeva Kriya Yoga (www.vasudevakriyayoga.com) is organising its 3rd annual Yoga and Health Workshop in Melbourne on August 29 between 8.45 am and 4 pm. The theme for this year’s workshop is Yoga for Health, Harmony and Self Realisation and its main purpose is to bring awareness of the traditional practices of Yoga to the modern community. It also seeks to strengthen ties with other Yoga schools.

Shri Rajendra, the founder of Vasudeva Kriya Yoga, has a passion for Yoga and currently runs five centres in Melbourne and one in Bangalore. In India, every year he teaches yoga at the Bangalore prison, schools, villages and yoga schools. Thousands of people have attended his Vasudeva Kriya Yoga.

The workshop held at the Oakleigh Hall will bring together Yoga institutions like Vasudeva Kriya Yoga, Yoga in Daily Life, Art of Living and Shiva Yoga. The day of complete yoga practice, self enquiry and practical yoga philosophy would be facilitated by leaders of four authentic yoga traditions. The teachers will be Shri Swami Gopal Puri, senior yoga instructor of Yoga in Daily Life; Shri Swami Atmananda, teacher of Learn to Meditate courses at Shiva Ashram; Shri Chris Dale, teacher of Art of Living and Sahaj Samadhi Meditation courses, and Shri Rajendra himself.

The benefits of Yoga in restoring the body-mind-soul connection are well known. So its time to tune in, take a deep breath, shape up and relax.

Madhuchanda Das