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‘Yoga has helped mankind cross barriers’

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Two-day seminar on Sahaja Yoga commences at Narsaraopet

— Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar

Women take part in the meditation at a seminar at Narsaraopet.

NARSARAOPET: An air of sereneness enveloped the Bhuvana Chandra Town Hall as men and women joined in unison to practise a popular global yogic method, `Sahaja Yoga’. A method of meditation created by Mathaji Nirmala Devi in 1970, Sahaja Yoga has gained popularity across the world in reduction of stress and enhancement of physical, spiritual and moral well being.

As a galaxy of senior civil servants, district officers and police officers joining the audience in the exercise, the air in the hall seemed to have attained a measure of tranquillity.

Speaking as chief guest at the inauguration of the two-day seminar held on Saturday, Civil Supplies Minister Kasu Krishna Reddy said that yoga had helped the mankind cross all barriers of caste and religion to attain mental peace and spiritual bliss. The benefits of yoga in rejuvenating the body, mind and the soul had already been known across the world, he said.

Another distinguished guest, Vice Chairman of Delhi Urban Development Authority Dinesh Roy said that the traditional purpose of all yoga techniques is to give us a connection with the inner peace and silence that exists deep with in each of us.

Sahaja Yoga Meditation gives us the ability to use the power already within us to effortlessly and spontaneously achieve a peaceful state of balance, well being and self-knowledge and the meditative exercise had been embraced world wide, he said.

Tenth Fast Track court judge Ch. Vijaya Mohan, Range DIG Jayarami Reddy, DSP P. Madhusudana Rao, Sahaja Yoga Sadhana Samiti trust State Committee member V. Radhakrishna Murthy, State coordinator K. Narasimha Reddy were present.

Earlier, the audiences were treated to some soothing classical dance performance by Bala Tripura Sundari of Tenali.

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