Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation Celebrates World Yoga Day with Big Event in Karnataka
Isha Foundation’s Sadhguru Sannidhi, located near Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapura district, organized a mega program on World Yoga Day. The event saw participation from around 1,000 NCC cadets of the 5 Karnataka Battalion from 20 colleges, 200 soldiers from the Madras Engineering Corps (MEG) of the Indian Army, 120 Jawans, and 2 officers from the Subsidiary Training Centre (STC) of the Border Security Force (BSF).
Special guests at the event included Air Commodore SB Arunkumar VSM, Deputy Director General, Karnataka, Goa NCC Directorate, and popular Kannada actor and model Srinidhi Shetty. Sadhguru, Founder of the Isha Foundation, shared on social media, “Yoga is a science, and, if you wish, an art form with which you can unfold your nature to its ultimate possibility and also create a conscious planet.”
Air Commodore SB Arunkumar emphasized the importance of yoga as a holistic practice that rejuvenates the body and mind. He urged citizens to embrace yoga as a lifestyle choice, stating, “Yoga instills discipline and focus.” Srinidhi Shetty highlighted the need for yoga to enhance health and well-being, especially given environmental degradation.
During the event, Air Commodore SB Arunkumar also virtually inaugurated the community Yoga hall at Sadhguru Sannidhi. According to the Isha Foundation, 30-minute sessions will be conducted by Isha-trained teachers from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day throughout the year in five languages: Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and English.
In celebration of the International Day of Yoga, Isha offered more than 1,400 free yoga sessions across India at prominent institutes, including ISRO, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, IIT Madras, and Foxconn. The celebrations also included hundreds of CRPF soldiers participating in a yoga session held in front of Adiyogi at Isha Yoga Centre, Coimbatore.
