International Yoga Day Special 

Sunday 19th June 2022

2.00 pm till 8.00 pm BST ( British Summer Time )

Introduction Host

Seema Bhatia 

Himanshu Mehta 

Yoga Simplified 

Himanshu Mehta is a successful businessman, very passionately involved in Yoga for 40 years. He has been advance practitioner of Hatha Yog by Shri BKS Iyengar Guruji,  Shri Yogendraji,  Dr.Jaydev & Hansaba, Shivanand, Bikram, Shri Pattabhi Jois.  

Since last 8 years as Kar Seva ,he has been giving free coaching sessions of Suryanamaskars, Yoga & Pranayam every Saturday. For elderly people he devised Chair Suryanamaskars (primarily for his mother) and devised a unique and slowest form of Suryanamskar with Chakra meditation on Mantra music in Panchmahabhoot, the first of its kind Globally. 

While pursuing course on Philosophy & Psychology of Yoga he wrote a thesis which turned out the best ever written by any student in the 35 years of course. He is a Social activist in managing Beach & Beach Gardens, creation of Yoga Park. He keeps cultivating new hobbies like Golfing , riding his Harley Motorcycle, Paragliding, Jet Skiing, Kayaking, Gymnastics, Aerial Yoga, Salsa, TRX, Martial Arts, Malkhamb. 

http://www.himanshumehta.co.in/

Matthew Earl

HOST

Sister Jayanti 

How can Yoga help me Heal ?

Sister Jayanti is Additional Administrative Head of the Brahma Kumaris. She is also the Director of Brahma Kumaris activities in Europe and the Middle East. As a spiritual teacher for over 50 years, she has dedicated her life to self-transformation and service to humanity.  Sister Jayanti is the Brahma Kumaris representative to the UN in Geneva.
She continues to champion the co-operative role of spiritual organisations in creating a just and peaceful world, bringing spiritual principles to the discussion tables of politicians, economists, business leaders, scientists and nearly every stakeholder of our times. Sister Jayanti sees the erosion of spiritual values as the underlying cause of the crises the world is facing today.
The Brahma Kumaris is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) of the United Nations, accredited with General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Host

Dr Honey Kalaria

Dr Honey Kalaria is a mind body soul coach and an award-winning creative dance expert with over 35 years of experience in the field of art, culture & entertainment. 

Honey has been a spiritual seeker and meditator since she was a teenager, and regularly practices Samarpan Meditation which is part of Dhyan Yoga, taught by the Himalayan yogi Shiv Krupanand Swami. She has enjoyed studying many spiritual disciplines and yogic sciences ranging from Raja Yoga taught by Brahma Kumaris, Art of Living by Ravi Shankar, Vipassana by Goenka, Isha Kriya by Sadguru, Kundalini Yoga by Yogi Bhajan, Vedantic Spiritual practices as taught by Chinmaya Mission, as well as other Western practices such as Mindfulness and Transcendental Meditation. She believes it is important to self-reflect, contemplate and grow spiritually to become a better human being.
www.honeykalariaofficial.com

Dr Rajeev Gupta

Yoga the gateway to Health

Dr Rajeev Gupta is a qualified medical doctor with 26 years’ experience in National Health Service United Kingdom. He has been Chairman of the Regional Council of BMA and Regional Consultants Committee and is currently Chairman of Central Specialist Committee of the Royal College.
He is a qualified yoga teacher and has taught yoga to several hundred doctors. He has been appointed chief medical advisor for Patanjali UK.
Dr Gupta’ s dedication to learn so intricate details and share these with hundreds of online yoga attendees has been commendable. He is passionate for integrating Conventional Medicine with other disciplines including Ayurveda, Yoga, Homeopathy, Tai Chi, Acupuncture, Acupressure, and many others disciplines of complementary and alternative therapy.
He believes, “Yoga is a way of life which certainly contributes to the health and happiness, so why not use in daily life”.

Sam Poddar

Kapalbhati – Benefits

Sam was born in India 1953 and moved to UK at a young age. He Qualified as a civil engineer and expanded into the healthcare sector , establishing care homes for up to 500 people across Scotland. In 2006 he met Swami Ramdev Ji & Acharya Balkrishna Ji in the UK. Further to his training , Sam was appointed as Patanjali’s Yog Peeth International Teacher Coordinator .

Over the years , he has taught over 10,000 Yoga Teacher’s worldwide . In 2008 Sam donated a private Island to Patanjali Yog Peeth creating Scotlands first yoga retreat and centre . Since the pandemic hit , Sam has continuously taken free daily online yoga classes and gained thousands of followers.

Uma Bhalla

Pranayam and Micro Exercises for Health benefits

Uma Bhalla, National Yoga Teachers coordinator from Toronto, Canada has personally experienced many benefits that Yog-Pranayam (based on Swami Ramdevji’s teachings) provides. She feels more energetic and alert throughout the day. Thereby days are more efficient, effective and productive. This new way of healthy living has been a life changing experience. Since 2007 she has graciously volunteered many hours of her time teaching others the controlled breathing techniques. Uma has instructed many Free Yog classes and conducted several interactive Power of Breath workshops throughout North America. Uma has helped in Assistant Yog Teachers (Level I) Training to train hundreds of yog instructors in GTA and across Canada. Uma has served as a member of fundraising committee for different charities.

Teaching and practicing these powerful breathing techniques have been very rewarding and a healthy experience for her. Uma along with her husband Gagan, is promoting Good Health and wellness to the Canadians and Humanity at large by joining Yogrishi Swami Ramdevji Maharaj’s huge Vision of “Good Health is Human Beings Birth Right”

Ashutosh Singh

Yoga Culture in Japan

www.patanjali.jp

www.yoga.patanjali.jp

Summary

and Panel Chat

Host

Sharron Rose

Libby Edson

YoMIND: Yoga, Mindfulness and Nuerocience education in schools

Libby Edson is the founder and director of YoMIND, a program developed by her, that combines yoga, mindfulness, neuroscience education and social emotional learning.  She has been teaching yoga in the schools for 28 years, and formally through the YoMIND program for the last decade.  She has provided in person instruction to school educators, parents , community members and over  14,000 students, ages pre-k through college, including national Championship college athletic teams, at risk youth and special education students. The films written and produced by Libby and available on the YoMIND website have reached over 4 million students in 185 countries. 

Libby has completed intensive training through Mindful Schools, a non-profit organization with a mission to bring mindfulness to youth.   She received her Ashtanga Yoga teacher training from David Swenson and Jivana Yoga Yoga training from Kristin Laak.  She continues to practice and study yoga, nutrition, mindfulness and neuroscience through online and inde

http://www.yomind.com

THANK YOU 

Technical Director –  Nishit Kotak 

Health Episodes Producer – Dr Rajeev Gupta

Luxembourg Producer/Host – Kiran Robinson

Kitchen Episodes Producer/Host – Seema Bhatia 

Production Director/Anchor  – Dr Honey Kalaria

Mauritius Co-Ordinator/Host – Saivani Samboo

U.S.A Co-Ordinator/Host – Sharron Rose

Creative Director – Sarita Menon

Host Director – Simran Ahuja 

Media Team – Kesh Morjaria 

Host Team –  Seema Bhatia, Dr Honey Kalaria and Sharron Rose

Back Up Team –  Dr Lalit Sodha, Dr Sheila Dobee, Dr Milen Shah,         Dr Wai Ching Lee, Shivali Ruparelia, Ravi & Sushma Bhanot,                 Dr Nora Vyas,  Shivani Vithlani, Sharron Rose and Dr Ju Lee Tay

Facilitator Team – Sunita Poddar- PYPT (UK)

Channel Partners – Hindu Forum of Europe, MentalHealth_Connect, Hindu Matters in Britain, Enrich, Sanskruti, Simran Ahuja Official, Diwali in London, Bhakti Sagar TV, Sarita Sabrawal Official and many more.

Special Thanks : Strategic Web Success and www.inndus.co.uk

Session Conclusion by

Healing Our Earth Host