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Aligning body and mind, the Iyengar yoga way

You’ve seen bricks being used to build houses. Now how about we tell you you can use them to build your body?! Surprised? Well, you’re not alone. For every beginner of Iyengar Yoga, this is an interesting learning. As part of yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar’s birth centenary celebrations, a series of classes on Iyengar Yoga were conducted at Purwanchal Vidya Mandir in Kankurgachhi over a period of four days that saw many Calcuttans drop by to satiate the yoga enthusiast in them and have a rejuventating experience.

TT Bureau Published 13.06.18, 12:00 AM
Sutanaya Pal, a psychiatrist who has been practising Iyengar yoga for three years, tries to use a brick to balance her forehead and maintain the right posture. “My profession demands presence of mind and I am very aware of my mood changes. So I do yoga daily as it keeps my health problems at bay and releases stress. I also try to maintain the right posture while at work. Yoga is an integral part of my daily life,” said Sutanaya.

You’ve seen bricks being used to build houses. Now how about we tell you you can use them to build your body?! Surprised? Well, you’re not alone. For every beginner of Iyengar Yoga, this is an interesting learning. As part of yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar’s birth centenary celebrations, a series of classes on Iyengar Yoga were conducted at Purwanchal Vidya Mandir in Kankurgachhi over a period of four days that saw many Calcuttans drop by to satiate the yoga enthusiast in them and have a rejuventating experience.

The class began with Surya Namaskar that set the mood right and revitalised the participants.
Participants tried Setubandh Sarvangasana using bricks; it helps in posture rectification.
“I am going to hold this rope right!” must be what this little boy was thinking as he tried out Supta Padangusthasana. 
Wooden bricks and flattened ropes were the props that helped the participants correct their body alignment while doing the asanas.
Yoga instructor Abhay Javekhedkar demonstrates side-way Supta Padangusthasana as participants look on.

“There is no permanent centre for Iyengar Yoga in Calcutta but the diligence of the people who came in for the workshop was brilliant. We aimed at creating awareness about its benefits by explaining to people that yoga is more than gaining physical fitness. It is also about gaining inner peace and stability and learning to maintain it while enjoying the process,” said Abhay Javakhedkar, the yoga instructor for the session.

 

Text: Isha Lahiri
Pictures: Koushik Saha

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