Yoga training camp concludes in Berhampur

A two-and-a-half-month long yoga summer camp for young students concluded in Berhampur on May 31. Sixty youngsters, mostly from KBK districts of south Orissa, participated in this camp organised on the campus of Herambalaya residential college in the city. The participants also included 25 girls. Nine participants were from Nabarangpur district and four were from remote naxal affected Malkangiri district. It hinted the increasing interest among youngsters towards use of yoga in developing physical fitness and mental skills. The average age of participants was around 15 years, who had just appeared their secondary school board examination. After completion of their examinations they had joined the yoga camp on March 8.

A young yoga expert of the city, Santosh Kumar Biswal was the main trainer of this camp. Participants could extract much from the camp due to small age difference between the trainer and them. During this summer camp the participants were taught techniques of asana, pranayam, mudra and bandha. Mr Biswal said this training would help these teenagers cope with the stress and strain of competitive life which they would start to face after their school days. The participants also experimented in using yoga in the fields of athletics and dancing. Some of them also tried to perform asanas hanging from a rope. During the concluding session the participants demonstrated their acquired skills of yoga. Their guru Mr Biswal also displayed suppleness of his body and breath control by getting himself packed in a cardboard cube of 20 inch dimension for more than half an hour. He plans to remained packed in a similar box for five hours for travel from Berhampur to Bhubaneswar.

Source: The Hindu