NAMASKAR INDIA!

ABOUT YOGATHON

WHY SURYA NAMASKAR?

Yogathon, an Art of Living's initiative, on the World Healh Day, 7th April, 2012 with the inspiration of H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, was to create awareness about yoga and create interest in its practice for healthier living.

This unique event, 'Yogathon Challenge' inspired over 1.3 million people to learn Surya Namaskara, participate to check how many rounds they can complete. Though the emphasis was to complete 54 sets i.e. 108 rounds of Surya Namaskara, anybody could join with their own goals for completing the rounds respecting their physical limits. Over 75,000 'winners' who complete 108 rounds of Surya Namaskara got the "Gold Certificate" from the Art of Livng while all the other participants were given a "Spirit of Yoga Certificate" which also attested the number of rounds successfully completed by the participant.


YOGATHON CHALLENGE

This unique event, 'Yogathon Challenge' will inspire people to learn Surya Namaskar, participate to check how many rounds they can complete.
The Yogathon Challenge allows you to participate to the best of your ability. It challenges you to complete 54 sets (108 rounds) of Surya Namaskar.

Surya Namaskar is a special sequence of yoga postures that together comprises the traditional Sun Salutation. It is a wonderful gift of yoga to the whole world having all kind of physical, mental, spiritual benefits - For people with limited time; this is the best wholesome workout...
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The Reach

 . This nationwide "entry-free event" was conducted in schools, parks, colleges, stadiums, companies, prisons, rehabilitation centers, orphanages, clubs and many other places in over 2242 venues across 26 states, 4 Union Territories and saw 1.3 million people participate.

. A special feature of this entry free event is the wide range of participants across different age groups & backgrounds irrespective of their age, gender, cast, socio-economic status, and so forth. Over 6300 teachers and volunteers of the Art of Living had come together to conduct the event nationwide.

. The participation includes 1058 schools, 272Colleges, 44 Corporate and 48 prisons across India.