International Yoga Federation (World Yoga Community) News INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON YOGA THERAPY IN THE CURRENT MILLENNIUM AND ANNUAL MEET OF THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF YOGA AT VARANASI

[Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Bhavanani]

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON YOGA THERAPY IN THE CURRENT MILLENNIUM AND ANNUAL MEET 
OF THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF YOGA AT VARANASI

 

Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani was honoured with the prestigious 
Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Yoga at its Annual Meet held at Banaras 
Hindu University, Varanasi, India from 12th to 14th March 2005.

Dr Ananda thus joins the legion of eminent Fellows of the Academy that include 
Padma Bhushan BKS Iyengar, Shri TKV Desikachar, Dr B Ramamurthy, Dr Georg 
Feuerstein, Dr HR Nagendra, Yogacharini Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani, Dr MV Bhole, 
Prof BK Anand and Dr W Selvamurthy.

The colourful convocation was held on the 12th evening at the Malaviya Bhavan, 
the premises of the Yoga Sadhana Kendra, the Yoga wing of Banaras Hindu 
University. Prof TR Anantaraman the president of the Academy and former Vice 
Chancellor, BHU in the presence of Dr IM Gupta, ex Dean, Institute of Medical 
Sciences and Prof KK Sharma, Director, Yoga Sadhana Kendra bestowed the 
fellowship on Dr Ananda and eight others including Shri SK Jindel of Jaipur and 
Dr Madanmohan of JIPMER, Pondicherry.

The International Seminar on Yoga therapy had a great many stimulating 
presentations by eminent Yogis and Yoga scientists such as Prof TR Anantaraman, 
Dr RG Singh, Dr IM Gupta, Dr Ganesh Sankar, Dr GP Mathur, Dr C Giri, Shri SK 
Jindel, Shri Narain Prakash and Shri Narasimha Murthi of the Yoga Sadhana 
Kendra.

More than 250 participants benefited from the three-day programme that had 
lectures, demonstrations and lecture demonstrations as well as stimulating Gita 
Chanting sessions.

Dr Ananda presented a guest lecture entitled “Yoga for health in children” that 
was chaired by the eminent pediatric surgeon, Dr Chooramani Gopal as well as 
two other presentations entitled’ “Therapeutic benefits of Pranayama” and 
“Meeting points of Yoga and modern medicine”. 

Prof Anantaraman’s presentation on the Gita and Yoga, Dr RG Singh's 
presentation on Yoga for renal protection and Shri SK Jindel's presentation,  
“Uddiyana, the supreme Bandha” were well appreciated by the eminent 
participants from all over India as well as the handful of foreign participants 
from Japan and other countries. 

The Annual Meet was ably organised by Dr RG Singh, General Secretary, Indian 
Academy of Yoga with cooperation from the staff of the Yoga Sadhana Kendra and 
Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU. The meet was sponsored by the Medical 
Council of India and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

 



Yogacharya 
Dr.Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani 
Chairman : Yoganjali Natyalayam and ICYER
25,2nd Cross,Iyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry-605 013 
Tel: 0413 - 2622902 / 0413 -2241561 
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