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Yoga guru Suneel Singh, just out with his new book, talks about demystifying yoga to NANDINI NAIR
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For a healthy living Yoga guru Suneel Singh with his book
“People have never seen a yoga guru in tweeds and a coat. We’ve done a revolution. People can relate with me.” Sporting a clean shaven head and an earring, Suneel Singh is a yoga guru with a difference. Already a familiar face on television having completed 500 episodes of Yog Savere on DD, he is now out with his book, “Yog Se Arogya Tak”. Published by Diamond Books, it is currently available only in Hindi, but it is likely to be translated into nine languages, including English, by mid next year.
He is the secular face of yoga, asserting that yoga has nothing to do with religion, but rather with health. For him, yoga is firstly a “fitness mantra for all”. He says he has helped remove it from Hindu mythologies. It has become relevant and accessible to the modern world.
Varanasi
Having inherited yoga from his grandfather over 25 years ago, in Varanasi, he now includes Japanese techniques in this latest book. It covers 22 different topics. They promise to remedy daily ailments and to help lead a more fulfilling physical and sexual life.
He says, “Certain aspects have never been covered before, like clapping therapy and water therapy.” He explains that a simple habit like keeping water in a copper pot overnight and drinking it first thing in the morning is good for the functioning of the kidneys, lungs, joints and even asthma. A keen talker and careful listener, he says that eunuchs seldom have heart problems! This is because they practise clapping therapy. After all, what is clapping, but pressing all the points of the hand, he elaborates.
Having learnt yoga chi eight years ago, he has incorporated Japanese breathing techniques in this book. He says simple exercises like breathing from the navel can de-stress a person. He says that through creating a fusion of different disciplines, he can benefit the maximum number of people.
For all
“It’s more important for me to help the most number of people,” he says, “than to follow a single philosophy.”
Having worked on numerous television channels, he is proud of his reach. He says that letters from countries like Pakistan and Mauritius prove that yoga is for all. He feels that yogic books tend to often emphasise on yogic aspects and not on the health benefits. Practising yoga and meditation every day for around two hours, this modern guru well understands the benefit of the art.
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