On the second and third day of the 14 day online workshop on Yoga for Self
Management organized by Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies, Panjab University
Chandigarh. Dr.Laxminarayan Joshi, Head and Dean Students Welfare, Uttarakhand Sanskrit
University, Haridwar gave a live presentation on the yoga for healthy spine.
Prof.Renu Thakur welcomed the guests. Mr Mohit introduced the speaker to the
participants. The session started with the chanting of Om and Gayatri Mantra for over
all good health and positivity of one and all. Dr.Laxminarayan is a renowned yoga
therapist. He stressed that health of our spine is a key to the health of our whole
body , Thus one needs to take care of spine by doing regular yogic activity. The spinal
cord connects brain to the rest of the body hence it is most important. He demonstrated
that how different asanas can help us to have healthy spine. While doing asanas we need
to be careful and front bending should totally be avoided by the people who have
cervical or lumber spondylitis. The problems due to wrong postures can be corrected by
performing yogic asanas. He highlighted the benefits of Suryanamaskar for keeping our
spine healthy. He referred to important asanas such as Vakra, Bhadra, Katichakra,
Bhujang,Shalbha, Setu etc for keeping our spine healthy. Live demonstrations of these
asanas helped participants to practice the same and correct their postures.
The participants interacted with the expert .Series of questions related to
healthy spine were answered by the eminent speaker. The live demonstration was given by
Ms Akansha from the same University.
The formal vote of thanks was proposed by Prashant Verma.The sessions were
attended by large number of participants belonging to different age groups from different parts of the country.
