NE HEALTH BUREAU
SINGAPORE, MAY 20
Singapore celebrated Yoga Mahotsav 2022 on May 18. It was the first largest yoga programme held in Singapore, in the post-pandemic period since restrictions were relaxed on April 26, 2022, after a gap of more than two years.
Yoga Mahotsav is a festival of yoga planned across 100 cities across the globe for 100 days with 100 organizations leading up to the International Day of Yoga. Singapore was day 34 of the countdown to June 21.
The theme for the event was ‘Yoga for Health and Harmony’. The world-wide programme was organized by Pragya Yoga and Wellness.
Singapore celebrated Yoga Mahotsav to mark the 34 days countdown to the International Day of Yoga 2022. The pre-events took place in several sites across the country, including iconic places like Singapore Botanic Gardens, Merlion & Gardens by the Bay.#AmritMahotsav #IDY2022 pic.twitter.com/6FcdXo9I5J
— Ministry of Ayush (@moayush) May 18, 2022
Yoga Mahotsav is a global initiative by the Ministry of AYUSH (Govt of India) and the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (New Delhi). The event was supported by the High Commission of India in Singapore. Iconic places such as the UNESCO heritage site: Singapore Botanical Gardens, Merlion, Gardens by the Bay, and Marina Bay Sands were among the sites where pre-events took place.
On the morning of May 18, Pragya Yoga and Wellness organized the practice of the Common Yoga Protocol on the lawns of the High Commission of India. Mr G V V Surya Bhagwan from the Indian High commission in Singapore inaugurated the event.
Apart from the Indian Diaspora, a large number of Singaporeans and citizens of other nationalities also took part in the yoga practice. This was followed by a short meditation session. Yoga for health and harmony was the topic of a discourse held in the evening at the Arcadia which is an iconic road in Singapore. Participants learned about classical pranayama and how to practice yogic breathing for optimal health.
A webinar on yoga for insomnia had very eminent speakers, who presented research-based evidence on sleep and shared novel protocols, developed and tested for insomnia. A specifically curated meditation for deep relaxation practice was also included in the webinar.
All these events were free and open to the public. They were live-streamed on multiple channels to reach a global audience.
The events were coordinated by Pragya Yoga and Wellness whose founder Sujata Cowlagi, conducted the events. She is a globally renowned yoga teacher with more than twenty years of experience in holistic and integrative health. She is a senior advisor to multiple international organizations in public health. She has been instrumental in promoting yoga and culture not only among the Indian Diaspora but also in the international community. She is also a researcher with a special focus on the relationship between yoga and antenatal health.
In the post-Covid geo-political global connection, Yoga Mahotsav will have a great impact on improving calming responses in a chaotic world.
