It’s raining ‘yogarians’ in Rishikesh this March 1-7 as the International Yoga Festival is going full throttle with the world’s top Yoga-gurus and disciples converging for a trip up the yoga-lane.
What began as a handful of ‘Yoga hope-fulls’ in 1999 is today, an International Yoga Festival – an international event that is much awaited by yoga-enthusiasts world over. Participants range from students to practitioners from 30 countries in this week-long conference, where the ‘Yogacharyas’ and spiritual leaders give discourses and demonstrations of Yoga and highlight its practical implementation and its benefits in our current fast-paced lives.
Jointly organized by the Uttarakhand Tourism Department and the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, Kundalini Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Power Vinyasa Yoga and Kriya Yoga among others are to be taught in a rare yoga festival where all forms of World Yoga are showcased in a single international event in Rishikesh.
Some of the presenters at the Yoga International Festival are:
Shankaracharya Swami Divyanand Teerthji – commentary on the Holy Scriptures.
Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswatiji – teacher of Vedanta.
Swami Ramdevji – pranayam & yoga.
Padmashri Bharat Bhushanji – yoga.
Swami Yoganndaji - Sukshma Vyayam Yoga.
Radhanath Swamiji (American born) – community development & yoga.
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa – from Los Angeles, California - Kundalini yoga, meditation and pre- and post-natal yoga training.
Manouso Manos - Iyengar Yoga
Andrew Cohen – spiritual teacher from USA.
Rujuta Diwekar – nutrition and Iyengar and Sivananda yoga.
Marla Apt - from Los Angeles, California – Iyengar Yoga.
Janet Bray Attwood – yoga.
David Wei – Yin & Yang Yoga.
GabrieIa Bozic – from Munic Germany – Jivamukti Yoga.
Emy Blesio – from Italy - Yoga, Pranayama, and Meditation.
