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  Yogachemmal Dr. Meena Ramanathan is a yoga therapist and a consultant in yoga, and is also the Deputy Director at CYTER (Centre for Yoga Therapy Education and Research), Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondichery. She has been practicing and teaching yoga since 2004. Dr Meena took a wonderful session on the subject ‘Yoga Therapy: Its principles & practices’ at the International Conference on Yoga, conducted as part of the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018, organized by ATTOI, in association with Ministry of Ayush and Kerala Tourism in Kovalam. Manoj Attingal of Tourism News Live catches up with Dr Meena to know more ... Read more

By catering the indigenous tastes of Kerala, Hotel Uday Samudra, Kovalam, delighted the delegates of the Yoga Tour on the second day of the tour. The yogis were taking their dinner, after an eventful day in Kovalam and Kanyakumari. Muthirakkanji, drumstick leaves thoran, vazhachudu mezhukkupuratti, (dish made of plantain stem) pavakka varutharachath (bitter gourd dish) etc. were the main course of dinner. Appam and wheat dosa were also served to the delegates. Juices were made of bitter gourd, carrot and cucumber.   Serving of the food was also exciting. Instead of steel spoons the delegates were provided with spoons made ... Read more

While addressing the foreign delegates from different parts of the world during the International Conference on yoga, organised as part of the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018 at Leela Raviz Hotel, Dr. B R Sharma from Kaivalyadhama Yoga Research Institute, Lonavla, advised that we should live like lotus. He was talking about yoga in the ancient scriptures, highlighting verses from Bhagavat Geetha where Lord Krishna explains different yogas to Arjuna, answering his queries regarding happiness and sorrow. “When our desires are fulfilled, we attain happiness,” says Lord Krishna. If we cannot fulfill our desires, it will cause grief. Then, how can we ... Read more

Kovalam is set to be in the global yoga tour map. Kovalam is the best place for yoga, certify the participants of Yoga Ambassador Tour. Around 60 yoga exponents from 22 countries are participating in the Yoga Ambassador Tour, organized by ATTOI (Association of Tourism Trade Organizations, India), in association with Ministry of Ayush and Kerala Tourism. On day two of Yoga Ambassadors Tour, Kovalam beach was opted as the venue for conducting the yoga session. The session was led by Dr Arun Tejas of Sri Chithra Institute, Thiruvananthapuram. Though Kerala has witnessed mass yoga sessions in the state before, ... Read more

Day two of the yoga tour started with a yoga session at the Leela Raviz Kovalam. All the sixty yoga ambassadors took part in the one hour long morning yoga session.   The session was lead by Dr Arun Tejas of Sri Chithra Institute, Thiruvananthapuram. “I’m following the techniques and asanas as prescribed by the AYUSH ministry’s common yoga protocol,” said Dr Arun after the session. Jady Cladwell from the US is all excited about the tour and says she’s very happy learning new techniques of yoga from the master and the fellow ambassadors. Though Kerala has witnessed mass yoga sessions ... Read more

“Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018 is a journey to the great Indian Heritage,” stated Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State, (I/C), Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India. He was inaugurating the Yoga Ambassadors Tour – first-of its-kind event- in India, at The Leela Raviz Hotel, Kovalam today. “The concept of ‘the world towards India’ has become a reality by this event,” he added. The Yoga Ambassadors Tour is organized by Association of Tourism Trade Organizers India (ATTOI), in association with Ayush Ministry, Govt of India and Kerala Tourism. Kerala is already ahead in health and Ayurveda sector and has a significant ... Read more

Guests and ministers congratulated ATTOI for conducting the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018 – first of this kind in the country. While talking at the inaugural event, Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State, (I/C), Ministry of AYUSH Government of India, congratulated ATTOI and stated this is an inimitable attempt from the part of the organizers and can be followed by others. ATTOI has organized this practically difficult event within record time. Ayush Minister also congratulated the Kerala Tourism Ministry for the generous support extended by them for making the event happen. In his keynote address, Kadakampally Surendran, Minister for Tourism, Government ... Read more

The first ever yoga tour in the world will commence from tomorrow, 14th June 2018. Yoga masters as ambassoders of their respective countries have started to arrive for the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018. The tour is organized by Association of Tourism Trade Organization India (ATTOI), in association with Ministry of Ayush and Kerala Tourism. More than 60 yoga exponents from 22 countries will be participating in the Yoga Ambassadors Tour, which will conclude on 21st June – The International Yoga Day ATTOI President P K Aneesh Kumar, along with Treasurer P S Chandrasenan and other office bearers – C S ... Read more