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Yoga participants warming up before going into the 6th Surya Namaskar Yogathon Challenge 2018 in Kuching yesterday. PHOTO: MARVIN KUDANG

KUCHING: Nearly 300 participants took part in the 6th Surya Namaskar Yogathon Challenge 2018 which took place at the State Youth and Sports Complex here yesterday. The participants consisted of men, women and children. A stretching session was held before the Yogathon Challenge which was organised by Kuching Art of Living Organisation.

During the challenge, yoga participants had to repeat 12 yoga postures (asanas) for 108 times, which took about 45 minutes long.

Kuching Art of Living Organisation aims to create a healthy stress and violence free society through the practice of yoga. Its President, Kho Ah Soon, said: “Yoga helps to release stress as it allows people to experience inner peace and joy through a series of yoga breathing techniques, postures and meditation. Doing yoga will give both the body and mind many health benefits.”

Ac cording to him, yog a strengthens and revitalises internal organs, improves flexibility, strengthens muscles and bones, provides better posture and body alignment, improves digestion, circulation and immunity and enhances function of neurological and endocrine organs.

“As for the mind, it helps to develop intuition, reduces stress and calms the mind, sharpens intellect, enhances memory, increases clarity, and blossoms creativity in one’s life,” he added. Art of Living, founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, is a non profit organisation.

The organisation operates globally in 155 countries, and has 30 centres in Malaysia. The organisation’s programmes are guided by Sri Sri’s philosophy of peace of “Unless we have a stress-free mind and violence-free society, we cannot achieve world peace.” For further details, contact the Kuching Art of Living Organisation at 012-8849782. Or visit their websites at www.artofliving.org or www.srisriravishankar.org.

Yoga participants warming up before going into the 6th Surya Namaskar Yogathon Challenge 2018 in Kuching yesterday. PHOTO: MARVIN KUDANG

 

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