Sports and yoga committee and NSS-IIIT Hyderabad jointly organised the 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY-2021) on 21 June on the theme Be with Yoga, Be at Home! International yoga therapist Shanmukha Shiva Chandra conducted the sessions on sukshma vyayama and theoretical session on Usha Paana Chikitsa – 5 rules of drinking water as per ayurveda followed by pranayamas, meditation, mudras and bandha.
Shanmukha Shiva Chandra obtained his yoga teacher training from Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthan University (SVYASA University), Bangalore. He was mentored by Shri. H R Nagendra (Dean of SVYASA University) who was the mastermind behind the idea of 21 June as International Yoga Day. Shri. Shanmukha has taught yoga to employees from companies such as J P Morgan, Nestle, IBM; Standard Chartered Bank; Citi Bank; Jurong International as well as employees of National Geographic Channel Headquarters at One North Singapore. He is a guest faculty at English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) and Handan University, Hebei province, China. He has been propagating ancient yogic practices with a combination of science to people across the world. His teachings have been helpful to people belonging to more than 60 countries.
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