Kathmandu, Jan. 14
The 10th National
Yoga Day was celebrated with various events at the Skywalk Tower, located in
Kamaladi, Kathmandu on Tuesday.
The event, jointly organised
by Skywalk, Ashtanga Yoga, Yogbhumi and the World Peace Meditation Center,
included a yoga session at the tower's 256-foot-high Skywalk, along with
discussions about yoga, as informed by Bishnu Hari Pandey, Managing Director of
Skywalk.
According to Pandey,
the event was organised to promote adventurous yoga practices, and various
activities were conducted at the tower to mark the occasion of Yoga Day.
Around 150
participants from Ashtanga Yoga, Kirtipur Yoga Society, Tarkeshwar Yoga Center,
Anamnagar Women’s Yoga Society and Yogbhumi took part in the event.
“We practiced yoga at
Skyewalk on the 10th National Yoga Day. We also plan to continue
yoga sessions every week at Skywalk,” said Rohit Gyawali, CEO of Skywalk.
Yoga Guru Swami Kalyan
of the World Peace Meditation Center expressed confidence that such events help
in balancing the different dimensions of yoga, developing it as a way of life.
He also noted that yoga practices should be understood as the ultimate tool for
self-realisation.
During the yoga
session on Tuesday, one hundred rounds of Sun Salutations were performed. The
event, which ran from 6 AM to 9 AM, saw the participation of both men and
women.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 15 January 2025.
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