National Yoga Championship 2019
The Federation of the Indian Yoga Alliance organised the 1st National level Yoga competition at Nashik on 23rd June 2019. HH Sadguru Yogiraj Dr Mangeshda, Vice President of the Alliance conducted the proceedings along with organisers from Geet Yoga Academy. Dr Mahendra Mahajan, famous Indian cyclist and Shri Hemant Godse, MLA, Shiv Sena were the Chief Guests. On this occasion, Sadguruji welcomed all the participants and congratulated them for having being selected through the elimination process from District level to state level to National level. Participants from across India like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Haryana, NCR region, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and other states participated enthusiastically. Sadguruji shared the rules and regulations and exhorted the judges to respect each participants hard work and judge neutrally as their marks can make or break. We saw some excellent performances in the Traditional yoga as well as awesome performances in the Rhythmic as well as Artistic yoga. The earlier day, Sadguruji had conducted a full day National level Yoga Judges Workshop to train Judges for competitions as well as to conduct National yoga competition. The pictures speak for itself. Heartiest congratulations to all the winners and their coaches and great work even by the losers whose participation mattered the most. Sadguruji shared that He will be announcing the dates and venue of the International Competition soon.