Department of Computer Science & Engineering of Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Gwalior celebrated the 7th International Day of Yoga on 21st June 2021 in online mode from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. The yoga practice session was conducted by Mr. Malkhan Singh (Yoga Expert). The guest lecture was delivered by Mrs. Rakhi Oswal, Life Coach & Director - WeSafe India. The International yoga day was held on zoom platform with a mission to meet the following objectives in current pandemic situation and update the participants for enhancing the quality of life in certain terms that is to enable the people to have good health, to practice mental hygiene, to possess emotional stability, to integrate moral values and to attain higher level of consciousness.
Registration and Participation.
Total 530 participants registered for the event and 357 participants actively attended the session.
Sessions : 7:00 AM -9:00 AM
Session 1
Title: Yoga Asana (posture)
Expert: Mr Makhan Singh
At first, Mr. Makhan Singh conducted oath ceremony for all the participants, which was followed by ChaalanKrriya (free stretching) and then by Suryanamaskar. He displayed various Yoga Asana (posture) to practice like HastaPadasana, Trikonasana, Uttanmandukasana, Adhomukha savanasana, Matsyasana, Setubandhasana and many more followed by Kriya and Pranayama. At the end of first session Dhayan / Meditation in siddhasan was done. The Yoga session finally ended with the Yoga -Ending prayer.
Session 2
Topic: Train your mental yogi
Speaker: Mrs. Rakhi Oswal, Life Coach & Director - WeSafe India
The next part of the session was conducted by Mrs. Rakhi Oswal, Life Coach & Director - WeSafe India. She said, Yoga is an art of wellness that was not only born in India but has also blossomed in India for thousands of years. It is an art that helps many people to attain better health and awareness. It leads them to holistic wellbeing. It has incredible benefits both for our physical and mental health. When Yoga, Pranayama, and meditation are practiced together, a connection between mind and body is created which improves overall health. There are several forms of yoga merging Pranayama and Meditation, in which there is control of breathing, while one is performing yoga.
She said, when we talk about Pranayama, it is translated as an extension of one’s prana force. It implies to the set of breathing techniques in which your breath is altered intentionally to produce specific results. While meditation is unwinding of thoughts, it has nothing to do with concentration of thoughts on one thing. It is about becoming thoughtless. Practicing yoga, Pranayama, and meditation has significant health benefits. With so many studies, people have started recognizing the importance of Yoga, Pranayama, and Meditation in their life.
The talks were followed by question answer session which was taken up by speakers. The International yoga day was coordinated by Dr. Venkatadri Marriboyina, Professor and Head, CSE Dept. supported by Maj Gen (Dr) SC Jain, VSM** (Retd), Director ASET. Yoga day was appreciated by all the participants.