‘Hey A, you have lost weight.’ the statement by my friend greeted me when I entered yoga class last Friday. Although it is nice to hear such positive statements, I take it light, because I know
my body weight is dynamic. Anyways, I gleefully said “Oh really! Phir toh teri muh mein ghee
shakkar” and she shrieked ‘Naaaaaaaaahi…ghee shakkar nahi, par oat paratha zaroor dalna”.
Oat paratha?!! Are you surprised why oat paratha? Will let you know at the
end.
Before that, I will justify my
title ‘On World health day – 108 suryanamaskars’
My grand parents generation or
even my parents generation did not allocate time/spend money on physical exercises exclusively. It was embedded in their
way of life while they went about their daily routine.My generation and the gen next are forced to mark time and spend money on this. Thanks to our sedentary
lifestyle.
Already many of us are walking,swimming,
gymming or hitting the various wellness
centers/sports center. Today, Wellness in India is a booming industry but in ancient India too, wellness
had taken many forms, connotations and techniques. In
oldendays, it is believed that the sadhus and munis were able to control their body physiologies like weight, temp and even hunger through rigourous sadhna of mantras and yoga.
From yoga to ayurveda the most famous way of keeping fit is yoga which is
popular amongst every generation of fitness enthusiasts. The recent surge of
different forms of Yoga like power vinyasa yoga, restorative yoga, theraupetic
yoga, kathak yoga, acro yoga and many more are adding popurlarity in almost every
generation of fitness enthusiasts and this has also proved one thing. India is going back to the roots and leading
the world too. To substantiate my point, i refer this article about the US prez Obama endorsing Yoga .
I too have subscribed myself to
this form. My yoga studio is directed by
a Registered Yoga teacher She along with her colleagues makes this form an
art. As one enters the studio, all one has to do is follow her powerful yet
soothing voice for the next one hour. It leaves us energized, Physically and
mentally fit to handle the day and a regular practice has made yoga - a way of living for many of us.
We are more than 200 people and
she keeps motivating and charging us by
organizing various events and creating platforms for our creative pursuits on
the various earmarked days like ‘World breakfast day’, women’s day, and today
like last year On World health day we
performed 108 suryanamaskars.
Keeping in mind the sizzling heat in the city, it was organized at the cool environs of a nearby resort. 110 of us
participated in the event which was covered by the media , and most of us completed the 108. (I of course,
gave up on one round when the skin beneath my toe tore while brushing against
the mat) I still completed 107 rounds.
It turned into a huge success lapped by the media and many e-zines( even i gave my interview for one).
Every now and then, when many of us were raining sweat( my mat was wet) and losing energy, we were energized with her
pep talks like “Find your edge and push yourself a lil beyond your edge to meet
new dimensions of your strength and energy”, "You guyz have come thus far, stretch yourself a little more" etc...etc. It kept us going till the end. And many of us on this world
health day today successfully completed the 108. We celebrated the event in the resort with a sumptuous
breakfast. And we were all back home by 9 in the morning to see the world
around still sleeping on a Sunday. So far, none of my limbs are crying of ache. I am fit and energetic. I wanted to catch up on my lost sleep since i woke up very early. But sleep seems to elude me...... I am bubbling with energy while sharing this post about a very fulfilling morning.
Coming to the Oat paratha topic which i left abrupt in the beginning - Green, oats paratha ( a paratha made with multigrain and greens was my entry for 'World breakfast day' online contest held by the studio. The theme was to create an innovative and nutritive breakfast recipe using oats as a main ingredient and I won the first prize which was given today. The contest was judged by a sports nutritionist and dietician. Will share the recipe for you folks in one of my future posts.
ithelaam ok..unga yoga studioku tamanna varuvaangannu epovo sonna nyabgam...stl coming? :d
ReplyDeleteIdhellam mattum nalla nyabgam irukkum. She came for a Zumba workshop. She was taught for two days.
DeleteSuch a beautiful and a healthy thing to do on the world health day! Aah! You just missed one! But 107 is a BIG achievement. Kudos to you and your team! Oats parantha is very innovative!Looking forward to the recipe. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Shilpa:) Yes, it was to spread the health awareness.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Asha!
ReplyDeleteYou not only completed 108 SNs but also won the prize in the contest.
I sometimes decide that everyday i must complete 100 Surya Namskars and i do it also. I think I had taken it as a challenge , and did 100 SNs everyday for 4 months with out giving up. I would not do it at a stretch, but would do 50 in the morning and 50 in the evening facing the sun accordingly.Now also I want to start doing it but i am a bit short of time what with aerobics class, Gym and general work in the house, i cannot bring myself to spend some more time on exercise. But i do manage to do 12 SNs and breathing exercises on most days, and sometimes when in mood I would also do a set of other asnas along with SNS.
Can't wait to know about the oats paratha.
Our parents days were different,they had do to do a lot of work standing sitting etc, not like today. Also very few people lived beyond 60/70, whereas now a days people are living longer with help of medicines
Wow! that's nice 1oo sn's for 4 months is a good practice. I missed one count in bwtween while changing my mat. It was a yogathon which went on continuously till we completed 108. It was a nice experience. Yes, our older generation were/ are healthy may be they saw less pollution, less adulteration of food and ate healthy food and could handle stress better.
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