Shiddharabettai Camp Part I

Here are some of the photos at the Shiddharabettai Camp (Tumkur, Karnataka), where about 675 yoga students of Sri Pathanjali Yoga Sikshnana Samithi (Regd) Karnataka, took part recently.

Children's Yoga Camp

After completing the yoga course, the children set out to attend the three days' camp at Shiddarapetta in Tumkur District (Karnataka) along with their teachers.








17 children between the age group of 12 to 18 happily got into the bus hired for their travel purpose.




They returned on the fourth day night with new thoughts and ideas, rejuvenated and highly energetic, having had the occasion to mix with the 675 other children.

Look for the next posting to know about their experience in the yoga camp................!

Chandini Programme of Yoga Students

The Chandini programme was planned for a beautiful Monday evening. But the rain God decided to shower His blessing for sometime, and then he decided to make the Yoga group to enjoy their programme.






The Chief Guest was Sri Ramaswami, founder of Sri Pathanjali Yoga Sikshana Samithi (Regd) Karnataka. Despite the weather change, about 150 people from the Yoga group, including the yoga children, participated in this programme. Sri Ramaswamy entertained the kids with some games and moral stories, followed by thought provoking speech about family values and the children's responsibilities, in his usual humorous way.







Another interesting item in the agenda was Mathru Bojan. Different varieties of food were prepared and brought by the members, which were served to all with fun. Sitting in circles, Mathru Bojan was served to all, though moon was hiding behind the clouds for most of the time.




The last item was Guruji's discussion with the group. He asked the yoga friends about which part of the programme was their favorite and what was the reason for this.

It was a great family gathering of yoga friends, with joy and happiness dancing on each one's face.

Kids' visit to the Bank

As a part of the overall personality development of the Yoga children, organized by the Pathanjali Yoga Shiskhana Samithi (Regd) Karnataka, they were taken to one of the Nationalised Banks near their place. The children were accompanied by their main Yoga Master and four other yoga teachers along with the President of the Branch.



The children were highly enthusiastic about their visit to the Bank. The Sr. Manager at the Canara Bank was kind enough to explain to them how a Bank functions and its role in the society for financial purpose, in simple words. Interestingly they noted down the points and asked several questions which came up in their young minds.





The older children even enquired about the possibilities of getting Bank loans for their higher studies.



Surprisingly, at the end of his talk, most of the children had started pondering over an idea of saving their pocket money wisely by starting a saving bank account as early as possible.



The children were beyond words to express their gratitude for providing them such an informative visit, and opening their mind into a new world.

Kids enjoy yoga in summer vacation

To our great astonishment, the attendance of the kids did not go down, instead it raised. They were present 15 minutes before their scheduled time, forgoing their early morning sleep on holidays.







They were in high spirits and eagerly look forward to learn yoga. They had fun time like telling stories and playing games after the yoga class.

Yoga for the Children

Sri Pathanjali Yoga Sikshana Samithi (Regd) Karnataka, decided to start a FREE Yoga Program for the children between the ages of 12 and 18 years, in all their 325 centres, during the summer vacation. The program was inaugurated on 15th April 2009, immediately after the New Year of some States of India which was on the 14th April. The kids were too happy to get introduced to a new beginning of the New Year.

These are some of the photos from one of the centres. The inauguration program started with a prayer.





The main Yoga teacher addressed the program.














The chief guests gave a small lecture to the kids about yoga and its benefits. The kids listened to it with utmost attention and enthusiasm.



The inauguration of the program came to an end, with the distribution of prasadam. The kids got disbursed from the inauguration ceremony, with new spirit and enthusiasm to start a new beginning, and a better way to enjoy their vacation.



The yoga program for the kids will come to an end on the 6th May, and immediately after that the Samithi is planning to take them for a Yoga camp at Shiddarabetta (Tumkur District of Karnataka).

Mathru Bojan for Yoga students

For Mathru Bojan, all the Yoga students of the branch, prepare some food which can be served to other members in the form of a small ball. No plate is given.Usually the food is like sweet pongal, kara pongal, puliyogere, bisibele bath, curd rice, payasam etc, in a semi-solid consistency, so that it can easily be taken with the hand and made a ball, which is served to all the members with lots of joy and affection. The concept of the Mathru Bojan is that when we were young how our mothers used to give us food so lovingly telling amusing stories and asking us to see the moon. Enjoying that affection the kid takes food without a fuss. Hence, Mathru Bojan is organized in all the branches once in a way with the purpose of uniting all the yoga students and their families together, just like a single family.



Yoga Guru Sri Ramaswamy