CURATED BY – GUARAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, the main event of the Yoga Day program organized by the district administration in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Park under the aegis of Padmashree Swami Bharat Bhushan, founder of Mokshayatan Yoga Institute, one of the leading yoga institutes of the country by the Government of India and the pioneer of Bharatyoga, was inaugurated by lighting a Sadhna lamp amidst the sound of conch shells in the joint presence of the state's Higher Education Minister Yogendra Upadhyay, Mayor Dr. Ajay Singh, Legislative Council member Shahnawaz Khan, city MLA Rajiv Gumbar, Divisional Commissioner Rishikesh Yashod and District Magistrate Dr. Dinesh Chandra Singh. In this unique Yoga Day group yoga practice held under the guidance of renowned yoga guru, in the enthusiastic presence of a large number of men and women of all classes, the yoga guru, in a very interesting manner, gave quotes from Yogiraj Shiva Yogeshwar Krishna, sages, Nanak, Kabir and while practicing yoga, he also stressed on adopting yoga in its correct and complete form along with violence-free satvik diet and truth, asteya, celibacy and aparigraha. He said that just as a very good seed needs fertile land to grow, similarly, for yoga to flourish, we have to follow the yamas and rules, knowingly or unknowingly, without these, despite learning the yogic practices well, their full effect on our life is not possible. While making the participants do the intense asanas, he also took a jibe and said that these asanas show that yogis enjoy the chair without a chair. The yoga guru introduced the entrepreneurs, workers, youth, officers, women and dignitaries present here to a new form of yoga. The yoga guru said that yoga has a solution to every problem faced by humanity. For permanent health, he taught those frog-related activities that enable a frog to survive with full energy for six months even without food. Swami Bharat Bhushan said that he is indebted to his city Saharanpur because whatever he has been able to do in the country and the world in the field of yoga sadhana and shakti sadhana is based on the soil of my Saharanpur. It is worth mentioning that Yogi Bharat Bhushan is known for his new successful experiments in yoga. He is known as the founder of Bharat Yoga for establishing the antiquity and originality of Indian yoga along with creating the International Yoga Song of the Government of India, Equestrian Yoga, Bharat Yoga Gatis, Yoga Degree Course for University Education, teaching yoga practice to two presidents together, creating Common Yoga Protocol and Anti-Corona Yoga Protocol. On reaching the venue, Minister Yogendra Upadhyay, Mayor Dr. Ajay Singh, MLA Rajiv Gumbar and District Magistrate Dr. Dinesh Chandra Singh welcomed the yoga guru by presenting him with a flower bouquet and angavastra etc. Swami Bharat Bhushan while praising the love of yoga of Minister Yogendra Upadhyay, Mayor Ajay Singh, Rajiv Gumbar, Shahnawaz, also praised District Magistrate Dinesh Chandra for not letting the position of District Magistrate come in the way of his spiritual practice. As associates of Yogi Swami Bharat Bhushan, Yogacharya Anita Sharma and Yash Rana gave demonstrations of kriyas and the sadhaks of Mokshayatan Sansthan were present as training associates.