International Day of Yoga 2024- Brisbane celebrate the Yoga Day with the Consulate General of India in Brisbane!

Brisbane, 22 June (MCCQ Newsdesk) by

Amrita Deshpande

On 22nd of June, The Internaional Day of Yoga was celebrated in Brisbane with an overwhelming response from the local multicultural community.

For the first time in Brisbane, the newly established permanent Consulate of India, consulate general Ms. Neetu Bhagotia along with her team and group of community organisations organised the event.

Community organisations supported the yoga event on a big way. Especially Queensland Cricket for providing the venue and hosting the Yoga session on the Allan Border Field. Star Promotions, India News and Multicultural Community Connect came forward to develop the backdrop media wall, the advertising and the documentation of the event. Other organisations who supported the event were Bharatiya Samaj, Medical Doctors Association, FICQ and ICAQ.

Her excellency the Governor General of Queensland Dr. Jeanette Young graced the occasion as the chief guest and addressed the attendees expressing her gratitude for inviting and organising the event which is necessary for the health and wellbeing of each and every person living in Brisbane. In her addressed she said, “Yoga has many benefits social, mental, and physical, hence, I hope this event becomes a regular event”

Consulate General Ms. Neetu Bhagotia in her address to the attendees said that “This year the theme is Yoga for Self and Society so let us try to inculcate this practice in our daily ritual so that we can have a healthier version of ourself, and when an individual is healthy he or she is a healthier assest for our soceity. So, let us all be healthy and become productive assets for the soceity and mankind. India follows the philosophy Vasudeva Kutumbakam which means world is our family, hence let us spread the awareness of yoga to our wider family.”

On the occassion Queensland Cricket Director Terry Svenson acknowledged that “Yoga connects us to our friends in India and it is timely for cricket to have it in Allan Border Field. Last year at Christmas we had the Indian Women’s team playing here at the Allan Border Field for world cup and the mens team were here too. So we are previledged to be connected with the Indian diaspora here and have the yoga event”

Cr. Vicki Howard was present at the occasion representing the Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner.

Bhavana the Yoga instructor took the attendees into a spritual, self realising journey through the demonstrations of Yoga poses and meditation session. To help her were her colleagues and friends who volunteered to demonstrate the posses along with her.

The morning was definietly a self healing, spiritualy uplifting and relaxing. This one session of Yoga made many enjoy the pleasures and joys of hatha yoga, laughter yoga and pranayam.

Community leaders, students and children attended the event making it a very successful day of Yoga. Thanks to the weather, it only drizzled rain for few minutes and let the event unfold smoothly without intruptions or delays.