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Citizens of Chandigarh Start Yoga Training in 200 Venues from Today

Chandigarh, May 21, 2016: The Chandigarh Administration has started its month long yoga training programme in 200 venues i.e. in green belts, parks and schools throughout the city from today in which thousands of citizens will practice yoga asanas and pranayamas under the supervision of yoga experts/trainers from different yoga institutions in Chandigarh.

Briefing about the yoga training programme, Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, UT, Chandigarh said, “During this month long practice schedule of Yoga protocol for the preparation of the celebration of 2ndInternational Yoga Day on 21st June, 2016 at Chandigarh, training will be imparted to the citizens of Chandigarh from 6.00 am to 7.00 am daily in the morning.
All the Principals of Govt. Schools in Chandigarh have been issued strict instructions for making proper arrangement for practicing yoga inside the school compounds daily in the morning.

Celebrations have ALSO begun at Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID), SECTOR 31-C, Chandigarh. The Annual General Parents Meeting to be held on 21st May 2016 at GRIID will have a curtain raiser of the Common Yoga Protocol to be followed on “International Day of Yoga”, for parents of children with Intellectual Disabilities. The parents will be given a practical practice session of the Common Yoga Protocol to be on followed 21st June 2016. During this practice session, the parents shall be acquainted with the techniques of the yoga practices so that they are able to teach their children them at home.

Students are being given training of the Common Yoga Protocol regularly. GRIID will also organize practice sessions in the month of June for which parents have happily consented. The students will be trained till 20th June2016. In this session, the parents of children with Intellectual Disability, students of GRIID and staff working with these children shall also participate which will begin from 10:30 am onwards.

On 22nd May i.e. Sunday there will be no yoga training programme at all the venues decided by the Chandigarh Administration and the classes will be regular from 23rd May from 6 am to 7 am daily.

The Deputy Commissioner appealed to the citizens of Chandigarh to register them for the 2nd International Yoga day scheduled to be held on 21st June and practice regular Yoga classes in the venues near their households. He also urged people to give the gift of yoga and support the mission of helping elders & kids discover the wonderful physical, mental and emotional benefits of this centuries old practice.

The social media awareness status of 2nd International Yoga day on Facebook page of Chandigarh Administration as on 21st May:

Number of Likes on page= 1027+
Number of reach of the page= 15000+
Posts Post engagement= 3500+

And total Registrations till today= 2814 till 6.00 pm.

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