Pak Muslim Yogis to celebrate International Yoga Day to create awareness about benefits

AMRITSAR: Muslims Yogis of Pakistan are all set to celebrate International Yoga Day (IYD) on Tuesday with a few holding special Yoga therapeutic sessions in a bid to bring awareness among people about the benefits of Yoga to improve their physical and mental health.
The Times of India talked to a couple of Pakistani Yogis on the eve of IYD on their enthusiasm to celebrate the festival of mind, body, and soul.
Ibreez Rumi of Lahore based Rumi Yoga and Wellness talked about the prevalent childhood depression in the society and how Yogic exercises can help to improve it. He said there were certain Yoga poses that could not only help to alleviate the severity of the depression but also heal it. He said several Yoga postures were helpful in improving the overall physical and mental health and total well-being. “In therapeutic Yoga, we heal the patient with a particular posture and holistic healing,” said he.
Nausheen Khattak who runs Yoga Xone in Lahore said she had organized a free Yoga Open House for people of all age groups to mark the day .“Yoga is simply about finding yourself! Access to yourself! The greater you. The physical part of yoga begins to refine you and connect you to something greater than yourself. The brain is nature’s brilliance so we really need to un-learn to learn. Lately, there is a lot of Yoga awareness in Pakistan” said Nausheen. At the same time, she expressed gratitude toward India for spreading the teachings of Yoga.
“Thank you India for bringing us this outstanding knowledge of the human body and mind,” said she.
A molecular biologist and a Yoga teacher in Pakistan Yogi Safana Farooq said “If you want to know yourself and take a deep dive into yourself there is no better way than Yoga”.
Safana said she was attracted to Yoga after she had developed severe anxiety due to her overstretched research work. “In Pakistan majority of people believe that Yoga is helpful for body transformation, to look young and make certain postures but we need to bring awareness among the that Yoga has the ability to transform mental health and dedicated days like IYD are much helpful to motivate people towards Yoga,” said Safana.
In India, Minister of State for Tourism and Defence Ajay Bhatt will attend the International Yoga Day celebrations at the Indo Pak International border at Attari.