Regular sessions
The aim of conducting free regular sessions is to inculcate basic traditional yoga practices among
the campus community.
In these regular sessions, the core team members themselves lead and offer training to the learners
of yoga.
There are no prerequisites for attending the regular sessions and anyone from the campus is welcome
to join anytime.
The timing and day of the session may vary depending on the other Yogastha activities.
Any changes in timing is notified in the Yogastha google group and
facebook page.
Generally the timings of the regular sessions are as follows:
Monday: 6:45 - 7:45 AM
Wednesday: 6:45 - 7:45 AM
Friday: 6:45 - 7:45 AM
Special Sessions
The special sessions are conducted to celebrate special occasions or short yoga workshops on certain
aspects significant to our campus community.
One such session was the
Mother’s day special focusing on yoga for women which had huge
participation from the ladies in our campus.
Further,
Surya namaskar (sun salutation) sessions focused on Surya namaskar are conducted in
preparation for the 108 surya namaskar challenge during International yoga day celebrations.
Another session
chair yoga and neck and spinal cord focused on improving the sitting posture
and taught a few table top asanas which can improve our working efficiency.
On the occasion of
Teacher's day (5
th Sept) special session was conducted for our
highly talented teachers. This session focused on asanas and pranayams which can be easily
incorporated within their busy schedules and practiced inside office environment.
Camps
Yogastha Club in association with the Sports Council of IIT Bombay conducts camps such as
Summer
School of Yoga,
Power Yoga and
Yoga Fusion.
In these camps, a professional yoga practitioners/teachers are invited and they train the registered
participants who have enrolled in the camps with a registration fee.
Recently, some advanced camps like
Acro Yoga,
Gymnastics Yoga and
Contortion
Yoga have also been launched.
Lectures
Yogastha conducts
Lecture Series on Yoga where guest lectures/talks by eminent researchers
and practitioners in the field of yoga are organized to obtain detailed and well researched
information about yoga and its benefits.
Dr. S. D. Bhalekar,
Dr. Shikha Sharma,
Dr. Shirley Telles and
Dr. Ganesh
Rao have been our recent distinguished speakers.
Others
A special acclaimed movie,
History of Yoga - the Path of my Ancestors was screened at IIT
Bombay on 14
th June 2017 just prior to the International Yoga Day.
And sometimes, we do go for side events like
tree plantation drives making our campus
greener; and
T-shirt design competition for Yoga enthusiasts in campus.
