As a run-up to Yoga Day, Ayush organising a string of webinars to tackle Covid blues

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<strong>As a run up to the special day of International Yoga Day 2021 on June 21, the Government of India’s Ministry of Ayush is organising a series of events, including a  series of five webinars. The brainstorming exercise will be held under the broad theme of “Be with Yoga, Be at Home”.  A collaborative effort, these webinars will be held in partnership with five well-known organisations of the country.</strong></p>
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The first in the series of five will be held tomorrow, May 24 by The Art of Living foundation on “Finding inner strength amidst outer crisis.”</p>
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The objective of the five webinars planned is to create awareness among the people and remind them about issues that are vital in the current scenario of ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Through the series, a cumulative understanding of several issues will be developed by relying on the collective experience and knowledge of these five organisations.</p>
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Significantly, each of these organisations have their own tradition of learning.</p>
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Tomorrow’s webinar will begin at 5 p.m. onwards and will seek to address the challenges being faced by the vast multitude of humanity due to the pandemic.</p>
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Swami Purnachaitanya Ji, International Faculty of the Art of Living will be sharing his insights. Besides him, the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ayush P.N. Ranjit Kumar and Director of Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, Dr. Ishwar V. Basavaraddi, will also speak.</p>
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These webinars will be live-streamed on YouTube and Facebook Page of the Ministry of Ayush.</p>
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Following this webinar the other four will be the Yoga Institute, Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, ArhamDhyanYog, and Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute.</p>
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Art of Living is a non-profit, educational and humanitarian organization founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar while in 1918, the Yoga Institute, Mumbai was established by Yogendra Ji. TKV Desikachar in 1976 founded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM), while ArhamDhyanYog was started by muni Pranmay Sagar. The last KaivalyaDhama is a university of yoga in Mumbai.</p>