International Yoga
On this page you can get some information about the persons or their organizations depicted in the yoga online gallery.
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On June 21 is International Day of Yoga
Have you ever considered signing up for a yoga class? Or do you even practice yoga regularly at home? India requests an International Day of Yoga Nevertheless you may not have heard that June 21 is not just the summer solstice day, but also the date of the Yoga Day Celebration. All 193 member states of the United Nations have agreed “that wider dissemination of information about the benefits of practising yoga would be beneficial for the health of the world population”¹ and a proposal by India was accepted and the result was a resolution, which declares June 21st to be the International Day of Yoga. This resolution also notes…
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Heinz Grill and the artistic way of yoga
A short biography of the author of The Spiritualising of the Body. 1960 – 1985 Heinz Grill as a young mountain climber Heinz Grill was born in 1960 near the Bavarian town of Wasserburg am Inn. He tells that he was a very nature-loving child. His mother had also promoted this by leading her children – three in number – to beautiful places in nature. His parents liked to go to the mountains. From the age of twelve, they took him to the Bavarian Alps. There he discovered his passion for the mountains and especially for rock climbing. Bert Lindauer of the local mountain club was his teacher not only…
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B. K. S. Iyengar and the perfect yoga practice
A short biography of the author of Light on Yoga. 1918 – 1951 B. K. S. Iyengar in illness and poverty Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar was born on December 14, 1918 in Bellur in the Indian province of Karnataka as the 11th of 13 children. Since his mother suffered from a flu infection during birth, it was questionable at birth, whether mother and child would survive. Both survived, but the little Sundararaja, as he was called by his real first name, had a feeble constitution. He was susceptible to disease and as the family was poor, he also suffered from malnutrition. When he was 9 years old, he also lost…
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Swami Vishnudevananda and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers
A Short Presentation of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers founded by Swami Vishnudevananda (1927-1993). 1957 – Swami Vishnudevananda comes to the West The book Yoga was first published from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in Canada in 1983. Unfortunately, the book does not reveal who the people depicted with Yoga-āsana are. Here I would like to briefly introduce the work of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers that nowadays are distributed all over the world. The first such center was founded by Swami Vishnudevananda in 1959 in Montreal, Canada. Vishnudevananda had lived, learned and worked with Swami Sivananda Saraswati for 10 years. In 1957 he was sent by his teacher to…
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The beauty of yoga is international
An overview of all other people depicted at the Yoga Online Exhibition, their organizations or websites. An international selection of beautiful yoga asana The page achisoch.com is a kind of wellness website in Hindi language. Under the heading Yoga (योग) there is a post about the Fish pose, matsyāsana. The post explains how to do the exercise, what are the health benefits and what precautions should be taken. Apart from that, the site also features sections on health, nutrition, school and studies, nice sayings in Hindi, etc. On December 11, 2014, the UN officially declared 21st June to be the International Day of Yoga. The Yoga Day Celebration website…
