Yoga's global appeal: The many interpretations of an age-old practice
How far reaching and widespread-and amusing even-the mighty yoga’s spread is evident in these recent images from around the world. Hold a posture while browsing these
DELHI, INDIA - JUNE 21: Yoga practitioners gather at dawn in the inner circle of Connaught Place in New Delhi on International Yoga Day on June 21, 2017. The United Nations declared the 21st June as the International Yoga Day after adopting a resolution proposed by the Indian Government in 2017.
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FENGXIAN, CHINA - MAY 27: An aerial view of yoga enthusiasts performing yoga exercises at a park on May 27, 2018 in Fengxian County, Jiangsu Province of China. Chinese President Xi may well be pleased, the formation resembles the organisational structure of the Chinese Communist Party itself.
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - JUNE 16 : Jan Vertonghen defender of Belgium doing a yoga exercise during a training session of the National Soccer Team of Belgium prior to the FIFA 2018 World Cup Russia group G phase match between Belgium and Panama at the Fisht Stadium on June 16, 2018 in Sochi, Russia, 16/06/2018
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It was a yoga course on the move for locals on the 10.03 local to Virar on World Yoga Day . Alighting at stations to change coaches and trains, a group of yoga teachers taught yoga techniques all day to people headed for offices and colleges. The initiative was led by Raksha Vadhaiya, who told The Hindu that she wanted to &lsquobreak the cycle of hurry and worry in the local train&rsquo.
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You may have mistaken this for a large artwork spread out to dry its inks by a well meaning Mumbai artist. It is merely students of N.H English Academy in the suburb of Mira Road in Mumbai taking a breather after performing on the Yoga Day.
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A primal practice in the most primal of spaces found on Earth. Yoga enthusiasts take part in a class at the Samalayuca dunes, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on April 28, 2018. The sands here are knee deep, and constantly shifting. Legendary accounts from 19th century speak of mules and wagon trains sinking to oblivion in these sands.
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Can one concentrate on a posture while goats playfully nuzzle you or clamber on your back? Well, the classes which caught the world&rsquos attention are all booked up at the five acre Jenness Farm in Nottingham, New Hampshire, U.S. (May 18, 2017)
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Members of Indian Navy perform yoga on the flight deck of INS Viraat, an Indian Navy's decommissioned aircraft carrier during International Yoga Day in Mumbai, India (June 21, 2017)
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Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev announced his plans to launch 10,000 wellness and health centres globally to popularise yoga. Ramdev&rsquos Patanjali empire - a billion dollar consumer products business - is among the country&rsquos fastest growing brands. (May 4, 2017)
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"An experience to counter the effects of an overloaded and exhausted nervous system&rdquo is how an attendee described the "Yoga for Techies Meet Up" at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Film Interactive Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas, U.S. (March 12, 2017)
