Yoga Practice at Skywalk Tower on International Yoga Day

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The 10th National Yoga Day was celebrated on Tuesday with various events at the Skywalk Tower, located in Kamaladi, Kathmandu.  

The event, organized jointly by Skywalk, Ashtanga Yoga, Yogbhumi, and the World Peace Meditation Center, included a yoga session at the tower's 256-foot-high Skywalk, along with discussions about yoga, as informed by Bishnuhari Pandey, the managing director of Skywalk Tower. 

According to Pandey, the event aimed to promote adventurous yoga practices, and various activities were conducted at the tower to mark the occasion of Yoga Day. 

Around 150 participants from Ashtanga Yoga, Kirtipur Yoga Society, Tarkeshwar Yoga Center, Anamnagar Women’s Yoga Society, and Yogbhumi took part in the event, as shared by Rohit Gyawali, the chief executive officer of Skywalk Tower. “We practiced yoga at Skyewalk on the 10th National Yoga Day. 

Moving forward, we plan to continue yoga sessions every week at Skywalk,” Gyawali said. He emphasized the priority of promoting yoga education at all levels to improve the health of citizens. Yoga Guru Swami Kalyan of the World Peace Meditation Center expressed confidence that such events help in balancing the different dimensions of yoga, developing it as a way of life. He also noted that yoga practices should be understood as the ultimate tool for self-realization. 

During the yoga session on Tuesday, one hundred rounds of Sun Salutations were performed. The event, which ran from 6 AM to 9 AM, saw notable participation from both men and women.