Guru Soundar belongs to the Soundar Satyananda tradition of yoga. He has been awarded the title of “Senior Guru” by a world-renowned organisation that provides systematic and traditional yoga training.
The yoga training offered through this organisation is not merely a matter of practising yogasanas. A hundred years ago, yoga training primarily involved concentrating the mind and training the body accordingly. Today, along with these practices, yoga also incorporates calming the mind, conditioning and strengthening the muscles, concentrating the mind, and training the body in an integrated manner.
Many friends have told me that Soundar’s yoga training, taught in accordance with this evolving approach, has been of immense benefit to them. Nearly a thousand people have benefited from these programmes so far.
The training is conducted under the systematic supervision of a qualified teacher. Those who continue their practice can also remain in regular contact with the teacher. Practice carried out consistently under the guidance of a proper teacher offers a much greater degree of reliability than practising on one’s own.
Yoga practice can help us overcome many lifestyle-related health problems. It can also help us move beyond psychological stress and fatigue. Even skin conditions such as psoriasis, which affect many people today, can sometimes be associated with severe psychological stress. Yoga is increasingly being offered across the world as one of the ways of addressing such problems.
In fact, it is sometimes said that India is among the countries where the percentage of people who practise yoga is surprisingly low. Yoga practice has become extremely important today—not merely for maintaining physical health, but also for dealing with the complexities of modern life and moving beyond them.
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