Isha Foundation Aims to Touch 100 Million People in 100,000 Locations Through International Day of Yoga Celebrations Across Six Continents

COIMBATORE, India, June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

35,600 trained Isha volunteers have been conducting free yoga sessions to transmit a series of accessible and highly beneficial yogic practices suitable for the general public, specially designed by Sadhguru. These are also being offered online @ isha.sadhguru.org/international-yoga-day/

"The only way to experience true wellbeing is to turn inward. This is what Yoga means - not up, not out, but in. The only way out is in" - Sadhguru

Isha's tie up with the Government of India:

• Isha has been closely associated with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) and Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India in planning, preparation, promotion of IDY activities, as well as providing support as part of Yoga Expert Committee to aid different ministries in offering yoga programs to celebrate the event.

Shri Siddaramaiah joins Sadhguru for a special session in Bangalore:

• Bangalore: Sadhguru will personally conduct a session in Bangalore on June 20th, where The Honourable Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri.Siddaramaiah and Minister of Agriculture Shri Krishna Byregowda will be a part of the celebrations at White Orchards, Manyata Tech Park where over 5000 people are expected to participate.

Hon'ble Minister, Shri Venkaiah Naidu joins Sadhguru for a special session in Chennai:

• Chennai: On the International Day of Yoga (IDY) - June 21st Sadhguru will initiate thousands of people into simple yogic practices at YMCA Grounds, Chennai, at 6.15 am. This will be attended by close to 35,000 people and will be inaugurated by Hon'ble Minister, Shri Venkaiah Naidu - Minister for Urban Development, Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary affairs.

Isha Yoga Sessions at various places:

• Indian Embassies in the United States, South America, Canada, Europe and Asia.
  • Government Offices:
    • Indian Railways: Northern, North Western, Southern and Central Railways covering close to 20,000 employees
    • Indian Meteorological Department, Forest Department of Bhopal, Airport Authority of India, and Sports Authority of India
    • Commercial Tax Department in Chennai where over 40 sessions are planned to cover 2000 people
    • Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment
    • Madurai and Madras high courts 
  • Prisons:
    • Tihar prison - 1500 prisoners
    • Ghaziabad prison all 3700 prisoners will practice for 30 min
    • All jail wardens and workers are also going to learn
    • Gurgaon prison - 150 prisoners
    • Bhopal Prisons
  • Bhopal, Mumbai and Delhi Police
  • Corporations: Tata Power, Orange, Vodafone, HDFC Bank, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, KPMG, Tech Mahindra, Reliance Fresh, Ashok Leyland, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, SEBI Financial Regulators and many more
  • Spice Jet Flights: Isha will be teaching simple Yogic practices to all passengers on board all Spice Jet Flights at 35,000 feet on June 21, the International Day of Yoga
  • Ministry of Culture will celebrate International Day of Yoga with Isha Samskriti students performing at the Sangeet Natak Academy in Delhi

On the occasion of International Day of Yoga, Isha Foundation welcomes you to organize or attend free workshops in your city. These workshops are 1.5 hours long and will guide you through a set of Yogic practices customized for health, peace, joy, love, success and more. For further information contact: 83000 83000.

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About Sadhguru:

Yogi, mystic, and visionary, Sadhguru is an author, poet and spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serve as a reminder that yoga is not an esoteric discipline from an outdated past, but a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Probing, passionate and provocative, insightful, logical and unfailingly witty, Sadhguru's talks have earned him the reputation of a speaker and opinion-maker of international renown.

With speaking engagements that take him around the world, he is widely sought after by prestigious global forums to address issues as diverse as human rights, business values, and social, environmental and existential issues. He has been a delegate to the United Nations Millennium World Peace Summit, a member of the World Council of Religious and Spiritual Leaders and Alliance for New Humanity, a special invitee to the Australian Leadership Retreat, Tallberg Forum, Indian Economic Summit 2005-2008, as well as a regular speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, TED, YPO, WPO, TieCON, India Today Conclave and many more. With a celebratory engagement with life on all levels, Sadhguru's areas of active involvement encompass fields as diverse as architecture and visual design, poetry and painting, ecology and horticulture, sports and music.

Listeners have been ubiquitously impressed by his astute and incisive grasp of current issues and world affairs, as well as his unerringly scientific approach to the question of human wellbeing. Sadhguru is also the founder of Isha Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the wellbeing of the individual and the world for the past three decades.

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