Thursday, 20 June 2019

International Yoga Day-2019


INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY- 2019

International Yoga Day was observed in the college on June 21, 2019. A  one day national seminar on “Holistic Health Through Yoga” was conducted in our college. Programme started with  a prayer. 
Mr. Akhil K Sreedhar,  Asst.Professor & HOD, Dept of  Physical education, welcomed  the gathering. Hari.V.R,  College union chairman,  presided over the session. Dr.Ampili Aravind,  Principal of the college inaugurated the seminar. A key note address on the significance of yoga was delivered by the honorable guest  Smt. Baby A (Yogacharya,  AOL, Bangalore) . She explained  and demonstrated various yoga postures  helpful for the menstural/ gynaecological problems  of women. Seminar was felicitated by Dr. KP Anil Kumar ,Dr. Devika R ( Assistant professors) and  Mr. Suresh Kumar (office staff) of the college.  Vote of thanks was rendered by Dr. Seema Menon KP (Assistant Professor). Yoga demonstrations and yoga class were also conducted .Warming up, standing, sitting and lying postures, various Asanas were practiced. Surya namaskar and breathing techniques like pranayama were also practiced by the students. The session ended with meditations. The sessions were indeed interesting and the resource person interacted well with the students  and cleared their doubts. All the M.Ed, B.Ed students took part in the seminar and yoga practices. Teachers of the college  joined  the yoga practices enthusiastically  with students.  Paper presentation on yoga was there in the afternoon and certificates were distributed.