International Day of Yoga

National

Bihar

Sannyasi Devshraddha conducted four yoga session in Patna at the:

  1. Golf Club Patna for the Indian Oil Corporation Bihar & Jharkhand, for Director IOC and Officers
  2. Accountant General Office Patna, for A.G and Officers
  3. Amity University Patna, for VC and all professor and staff
  4. A.N Sinha Institute for Social Science Patna, for the registrar, professors and research scholars.

A program was conducted at the Montecarlo Limited, Munger, by Rajneesh Mishra and Mahaveer. Staff, officers and workers attended the session.

Chhattisgarh

Gyan Darshan Yogashram (Bhilai) successfully conducted 13 yoga shivirs in Bhilai and Durg. About 600 people participated in the programs.

Sivam Yoga Samiti, Jagdalpur, organized the IDY program at:

  1. Chamber of Commerce
  2. Nursing College
  3. Agricultural College
  4. Horticultural College
  5. Children’s Remands Home
  6. Police Lines
  7. Sri Krishna Temple

Gujarat

In Bhuj, programs have been conducted by Sannyasi Bhav Chaitanya (former resident of Sivananda Balak Ashram, Bhuj) at the:

  1. KG Rathod School, for 550 participants
  2. TLC Gurukul for 180 participants,
  3. Padhar School for 60 participants,
  4. Inox Wind Company, for 80 participants

Jharkhand

A program was conducted by Swami Gorakhnath at Tinplate Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, for 2,500 children and 500 adults.

Madhya Pradesh

A program was conducted at the Prism Johnson Staff Club of Prism Cement Plant, Satna, by Swami Harishraddha of Shivananda Darshan Yoga Ashram.

Maharashtra

Swami Nirmalananda, Sannyasi Divyadhara and Mantrashakti conducted a yoga program at Garware Club House, Mumbai. The Vice President, Mr Cyrus Gorimar, in gratitude, requested for more yoga workshops in the future.

Delhi (NCR)

From 10th June to 21st June, Sannyasi Yajnavalkya and Mr Vijay Ojha conducted 9 days as an International Week of Yoga at the IBS management college Gurugram; it was conducted offline for 370 students in the age group of 22 to 25 years.

From 19th to 22nd June, Sannyasi Dharmajyoti conducted a 4-day camp for students at New Moti Bagh based on the yoga lifestyle sadhana IDY 2024.

A yoga session was conducted by Manish Poddar at the French Embassy for Diplomats and Expats.

Saurabh Sameer conducted a session at 6 Akbar Road at the residence of the Minister of the Ministry of Petroleum.

International

Nepal

A yoga shivir was conducted at the Lubhu Geriatrics Society, in Lubhu of Lalitpur district in Kathmandu Valley. Sannyasi Premananda conducted the session and he was assisted by Prakash Pandey and Padmalal Shrestha.

USA

A two-day program was organized in the Bay Area California, at Sunnyvale Community Centre and the Satyananda Yoga Farm, Gilroy. The Consulate General of India, San Francisco. and the Vice Mayor of the City of Sunnyvale also participated in the program.

 

Sushila Nayar Award

Bihar School of Yoga was awarded the ‘Sushila Nayar Swastha Bharat Utkrishtata Samman’ by the Swastha Bharat Trust for excellent contributions in the field of public health through the medium of yoga. The award was received by Sri Kumar Krishnan, a veteran journalist and associate of the ashram, on behalf of Bihar School of Yoga in a program organized in Ayodhya on Guru Poornima, 21st July, and handed over to Swamiji during the Guru Charitra program of Chaturmas on 24th July 2024.