Webinar on International Yoga Day Healthy Mind Healthy Body 2020 @ ICAT, Bangalore

ICAT design and Media College, Bangalore organised a webinar on International Yoga Day on June 21 2020, with great enthusiasm and fervour. The session began with a welcome address by Mr. Dipyaman, Faculty Visual Effects Department, followed by a one hour session covering the importance of Yoga, holistic approach to health and well-being which unveils the full potential of human beings, warm-up stretches, Yoga postures, and concluded with pranayama & meditation. Yoga is a mind-body practice that helps in reducing stress and also various yoga asanas which help in immunity boosting. More than 90 participants had registered for this webinar. Three facilitators, Ms. Gauri R. Nair, Mr. Suraj Nair and Mr Krishna, members and teachers of the Art of Living Foundation, took the gathering through a wonderful journey of Yoga and Asanas.

Ms. Gauri Nair is an international faculty from Art of Living. She is the Regional Director of the Art of Living Children and Teens Programs in South India. She has been working with the Art of Living for over 20 years on a voluntary basis, teaching stress management for people from all walks of life including Bureaucrats, Ministers, business men, professionals, students and home makers. Currently, she is engaged in imparting the Art of Living, Prajña Yoga program to children and teenagers. This program has been beneficial in developing Intuition in children making them excel in academics, sports and music. She has travelled widely in India, Srilanka and Bhutan to conduct the Art of Living programs. Post Tsunami, she was engaged in the trauma relief programs in various parts of Srilanka. Recently she was in Srilanka conducting the Trauma Relief programs along with Suraj Nair for the affected victims of the Easter bombings. She has also spearheaded various service projects including the Volunteer for a Better India and the Prison Smart Programs. She had done the Management Education Program at IIM, Ahmedabad.

Second guest speaker Mr. Suraj Nair is founder & CEO of Super Serve Digital Pvt Ltd and a senior trainer of the Art of Living Leadership Programs. Prior to founding his own digital consultancy, he had worked for over 25 years in organizations such as Accenture, IBM, Wipro & Deloitte Consulting in leadership roles. He has been a regular speaker at CFO Conferences including panellist at the CII ICT East Summit 2009 & speaker at the CFO Conclave 2010 at Kuala Lumpur ( Organized by CFO India Magazine) & CFO Conference 2011 & CFO Conference 2012 (Organized by NASEBA) in Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia.

The session lasted more than one hour with the final 15 minutes concentrating on methods of meditation and its benefits. It was wonderful to see people of varied backgrounds and interests gather together to support the cause of creating awareness about holistic lifestyle. The session was an excellent experience. It offered spiritual solace and relaxation to the participants. The session was also instrumental in reducing stress and making the participants happy. The programme received a very enthusiastic response from the participants. It was like an Oasis in the desert in the current gloom caused by the Covid.