The founder of Yoga in Daily Life, Parhamans Swami Maheshwarananda (Vishwaguruji) joined other spiritual leaders and dignitaries on stage to bestow their blessings on the gathering. Representatives of Yoga in Daily Life from multiple countries, including three from the Alexandria center, joined the practice. The group also enjoyed music by members of New York’s Sri Chinmoy Center and modern interpretations of traditional yoga postures by students who traveled from India for the occasion. The
Dr. H. R. Nagendra, leader of the AYUSH Ministry of the Indian Government and a close friend of Vishwaguruji, closed the program with inspiring views on the benefits of yoga as confirmed by scientific research. Dr. Nagendra founded the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, a university in Bangalore dedicated to the study of yoga.
As dignitaries and participants departed in appreciation of their newfound joy and inner peace, they shared further conversation on the UN patio. People were drawn to the presence of Vishwaguruji, whose light and love radiated through the crowd.
(photos by Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York)