International Yoga Day Talk series:

20th June: A very receptive audience of sadhaks gathered at Chaitanya Bharathi, Bangalore the night before IYD, to get glimpses of the Supreme Yoga. The special theme will be part of the forthcoming AMP at the same venue 16 -19 July, 2015.

22nd June: Thanks to a live Smartphone Webcast, like us, thousands across the Eastern Hemisphere woke up this morning  to listen to the Master perform Desk top yoga and later got entertained to a cultural extravaganza at NewYork’s Lincoln Centre on the theme of Yoga. Bappi Lahiri’s robust musical rendition on "Peace and Harmony" along with a renowned American Soul singer was a master stroke.

International Yoga Day Talk series:

 Time Out with the  Indian Air force

Air Force needs the air element of Panch Maha bhutas to keep their flying machines in action against external enemies; Yoga uses the same air element as breath in kriya to heal the body and keep the internal enemies under check! 

This brief introduction broke the ice and triggered the curiosity of the audience to hear more!

All India Radio Program on “Yoga, the Journey within”

18 June 2015

Was at the studios of All India Radio to address listeners on the topic- “Yoga, the Journey within”
Having been an artiste on AIR on several occasions as a teenager, the visit evoked nostalgia. Decades ago, before TV, long before news became entertainment, when IT still meant Income Tax, Radio ruled the waves. That was the time when dinner was not served till the head of family had listened to the 9 o'clock on All India Radio. At fixed times listeners dropped everything else to listen to it, and not the present-day 24-hour onslaught of choice where all media say the same thing. The radio today is a symbol perhaps of what we have lost — a shared sense of community.

Here is wishing that IYD opens new vistas to Yoga practitioners to strive further, go beyond asanas and postures to embrace the higher dimension of Supreme Yoga.