Hundreds in Orlando marked and celebrated the first
International Day of Yoga!
Yoga enthusiasts bent, twisted, meditated and learned breathing
techniques. The festivity, which was conceived on Dec 11th of 2014, was
officially declared by the U.N. General Assembly to take place annually on June
21st.
Attendees started coming in promptly at 10 am and by 11am
the Hindu Temple of Orlando was filled with yoga enthusiasts eagerly waiting
for the opening ceremony.
The event began with singing of opening prayers by Dr.
Shailaja Nadkarni, after which Braham Aggarwal (Chairman, Hindu University of
America) welcomed and addressed the participants. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer recognized
yoga as an invaluable gift of India's ancient tradition embodying unity of
mind, body and spirit, proclaiming June 21st as "Day of Yoga"
in the City of Orlando.
The guest of honor, Rick Singh (Orange County Property
Appraiser), unveiled the proclamation at the opening ceremony. The event then
slowly transitioned into yoga sessions, beginning with a sun salutation series
led by the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) team. The presenters included several
yoga gurus from various modalities of yoga. Presenters talked about yoga
therapy, yin yoga, power yoga, lymphatic yoga, yoga for cancer, laughter yoga,
bhakti yoga, Ayurveda, and meditation.
At lunch time, yogis purchased lunch from the temple canteen
where they served delicious Indian cuisine, such as idli sambhar, dosa, vada, rice and chai.
Yoga day event shined bright, brought more awareness on
living life with mind, body and breath awareness with uplifted spirit. This was
a true day of Yoga (“union”) of the
entire Orlando community!
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