The Year of Yoga Worldwide
When an Island celebrates Yoga, even Continents join in!
The Art of Living Foundation in Sri Lanka is all set to make the art of living on an island - a refreshingly new experience. The charity Foundation is to celebrate the period December 2011 - December 2012 as the Year of Yoga Worldwide while also inviting Art of Living centres continent-wide to tune-in for more health and happiness.
A full year dedicated to heighten awareness and deliver the direct experience of yoga as a life-supporting science. The Year of Yoga Worldwide is a handsome tribute from Sri Lanka to commemorate the 30 years of Art of Living`s humanitarian service lead by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
The World Culture Festival held in Berlin on July 2nd 2011 heard Sri Sri Ravi Shankar say " Whatever the circumstances are, we will continue to serve the world as one human family with differences. It is time to celebrate the differences and celebrate life on this planet. With all the volunteers, we are sure we can create a stress-free, violence-free society for our children ". The Year of Yoga Worldwide is inspired by this very vision.
For 30 years now, the Art of Living has been in the forefront of delivering the best of yoga programs and humanitarian service initiatives reaching out to over 30 million in over 140 countries.
The Year of Yoga Worldwide will include educational exhibitions, town-hall workshops, awareness camps, lec-dem`s (lecture cum yoga demonstrations), presentations of yoga case studies, fact – sheets, research findings. Campaigns on healthy food, lifestyle and habits, women and childrens` health, spiritual wisdom, environment and ayurveda are also to be showcased in several countries to mark the year.
The theme of the Year of Yoga Worldwide is also expected to cater to the needs of several people across continents including families below the poverty-line, rural youth, internally displaced people, refugees and prison inmates, students, police, armed forces, corporate executives, sports persons and persons with health conditions like diabetes, asthma, migraine, obesity, chronic conditions and many other health imbalances.
Several international health organizations and health brands are also expected to come together to endorse the status of yoga as a life-supporting science. Impetus to research and development initiatives on yoga and breathing techniques will also find high emphasis in the calendar of events.
Moreover, yoga beginners and enthusiasts will get to experience the paths of yoga at the Spring- Summer and Autumn - Winter Yoga Festival scheduled during the year in several regions. Some of the unique programs in the Festival include Sri Sri Natya – Yoga with dance, Yoga and Meditation, Food for Yogis, Laughter Yoga (Hasya Yoga), Subtle Yoga (Sukshma Yoga), Yoga and Ayurveda, Yoga and breath, Yoga for women, Yoga and creativity and exclusive yoga modules for various health imbalances and conditions.
The life-supporting science of yoga as delivered by the Art of Living yoga nourishes the very root and basis of human life – the prana (in the Indian language Sanskrit - the subtle life source energy) to promote health. Unique and effective breathing techniques like the Sudarshan Kriya, Kanishta Pranayama and Padmasadhana are just some of the many offerings that people will get to experience in the World Yoga Festival and the innumerable events scheduled in the Year of Yoga Worldwide.
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