Yoga gains online popularity

The significance of yoga in everybody’s life has elevated manifold throughout this 16 months of pandemic and with the Union authorities selling it the world over for the previous seven years, the variety of seekers is growing exponentially.

Lockdowns the world over and lack of correct info on the unfold of COVID-19 turned an obstacle for yoga gurus in working their courses, the place the stress is on studying by means of commentary and correcting postures for the specified outcomes. Things modified quick and the proliferation of the ‘work from home’ idea amongst all sections of society didn’t depart yoga courses untouched.

The variety of learners may need come down for a while, however finally, the fatigue set in by staying at residence and the lack to entry public locations like stadiums and gymnasiums have helped improve the demand for online yoga courses or demonstrations, opines Esapathi Suresh, who runs two in-person yoga centres in Anantapur.

No different possibility

“As a seeker of yoga I have been on this path for the past 18 years and as a teacher, I have guided people for eight years. Personally, I was not interested in teaching online. We thought COVID-19 will not last long but with the outbreak of the second wave, out of no choice, I have designed an easy methodology for a group of five to 10 learners, considering the benefit for common people during the pandemic,” Mr. Suresh tells The Puucho.

Before the pandemic, he used to take online classes by means of Skype for individuals overseas on request. “But this way both students and teachers could not convey/transfer the true experience of yoga which means ‘union’,” he factors out.

The income dwindled for a while, however quickly he began getting calls from Dubai, U.K. and U.S.A. in addition to a couple of outdated college students from Mumbai who approached him for online classes.

Now Yogalaya is conducting online classes by means of Zoom and WhatsApp. “A very small number of enthusiasts attend offline sessions at our branches following strict COVID-19 protocols. Watching and listening to our teaching methodology on social media, and through the feedback from the learners, people are getting aware of the benefits of yoga to beat the physical and psychological effects of COVID-19,” he explains.

“Yoga techniques definitely help in facing the COVID-19 challenge as a preventive measure, for recovery from the infection fast and manage post-COVID effects,” Mr. Suresh observes.