The university is an “example” of interpersonal relations between India and the United States (representation)
New York:
As part of the commemoration of the 6th International Yoga Day, the world‘s first yoga university outside of India has been launched in Los Angeles, offering programs that combine scientific principles and modern research approaches to ancient Indian practice of yoga.
Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU) was jointly launched on Tuesday by Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan and Chair of the Standing Committee on External Affairs PP Chaudhary during a virtual event held at the Consulate General of the India to New York.
A prominent Indian yoga guru, Dr. H R Nagendra, Chancellor of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA) is the first president of VaYU.
Addressing the virtual launch, Muraleedharan said that Swami Vivekananda had conveyed the message of the universal brotherhood of the United States, and through the first yoga university of its kind outside India, the message of yoga will be broadcast from America to the world.
“As a symbol of the culture and heritage of India, yoga has become the means of unity and brotherhood in the world. Through yoga, we can transmit the message of peace in the world,” said he said, adding that yoga provides mental and emotional balance. stability.
The event was jointly organized by the Consulate General and the President of Jaipur Foot USA and Founding Director of VaYU Prem Bhandari.
In his message, Nagendra, well known as a yoga consultant to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that Swami Vivekananda “announced the greatness” of the dimension of Indian yoga in the world through his famous speech in Chicago in 1893.
“Inspired by his teachings and the solutions he brought to meet the challenges of the modern era, we have resumed this whole process to bring yoga into the academic dimension,” he said.
He noted that the university “combines the best of the East with the best of the West. The best of the East is yoga and its applications and the best of the West is modern scientific research”.
“We want to bring this integrated dimension of health care to the whole world – allopathy and AYUSH systems,” he said, referring to the practice of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, l ‘Unani, Siddha and homeopathy.
The Consul General of India in New York, Sandeep Chakravorty, said that New York had close ties to yoga, as many years ago Swami Vivekananda spent time in the city and wrote books on the yoga that popularized the Indian practice all over the world.
“It helped make the United States the country of yoga adoption,” said Chakravorty, applauding the efforts of Nagendra and Bhandari for the initiative.
He pointed out that VaYU would involve cutting-edge research on yoga and make it more popular in America, where about 40 million people currently practice yoga regularly.
Bhandari said that Swami Vivekananda, “a monk from India introduced Hinduism to the Western world through his historic speech in Chicago in 1893. Now, 127 years later, another monk from India Dr. HR Nagendra brings to the Western world the old science of yoga – Guru-Shishya Parampara by creating this university. “
He noted that in the coming years, VaYU “will produce the best modern yoga practitioners who will not only spread peace but make planet Earth a better place to live.”
The university is an “excellent example” of interpersonal relations between India and the United States, he said.
Chaudhary said that yoga makes the human immune system very strong and is a bridge between the mind and the body, which is very important right now.
He said the university would help thousands of yoga teachers in the United States whose yoga education was limited to 200 or 500 hours of certificate programs to advance in university higher education.
He pointed out that Modi was instrumental in getting the United Nations to declare June 21 International Yoga Day, saying it has made yoga more popular around the world.
In congratulatory messages, Indian spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said that in these difficult times, the practice of yoga has kept life alive and for the first time ever, a university embracing yogic science is launched in the United States .
“Thanks to the scientific evaluation of yoga, I am sure that millions of others will benefit from it,” he said, describing the launch of the world‘s first yoga university outside India as “a milestone.” in the world of yoga. “
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev said launching yoga university is “a matter of pride” and said he was confident that VaYU would boost India’s pride in the years to come on yoga.
Former Border Security Force Director General KK Sharma said yoga was the best exercise system and recalled how he introduced it in place of PT exercise and noted “noticeable improvement “overall physical and mental strength.
Based on the principles of Swami Vivekananda’s prescription for universal well-being, VaYU will offer online graduate programs based on scientific principles and modern research approaches to yoga.
The VaYU faculty was recruited from SVYASA, the first yoga university in India.
It will facilitate collaborative research, credit transfers and joint programs with several leading universities around the world.
The university will offer an online master’s program in yoga. Applications for the autumn semester 2020 are open with the first day of classes from August 24 in virtual mode.
The launch comes within three months of official recognition from the Bureau for Private Post-Secondary Education in California to offer yoga-based higher education programs in November 2019.
