The wave of yoga that is sweeping across the nation, has taken the city in its motion too. The ancient form of exercise is now gaining more favour from the city youth with its contemporary fusion forms like yoga-aerobics, power yoga, rhythmic yoga on music and inculcation of yogic aasans for relaxation technique during strength training. On International Yoga Day, Bhopal Times ventured out to understand these new forms of Yoga and find out about the enthusiasm over it.

The most popular and commonly found fusion is that of Yoga-Aerobics. Kavita Velury, a proponent of this form explains how it works. "Yoga, when alternated with aerobics becomes a wholesome exercise for the entire body. The high intensity aerobic moves, coupled with agile aasans, make sure to stretch out and impact upon every muscle of the body. Lot of youngsters join these classes for a fun way to fitness, as the peppy beats of yoga-aerobics numbers keep the energy up. The session is typically finished off with shavaasana which leave the person in a relaxing meditative state. This ensures that the body returns to its original state without too much stress." Shivi Verma, a 25-year-old French teacher who has been pursuing this form since the last two years says, "I had initially joined the programme to gain good health through yoga, but when I saw the energetic moves in the combined Yoga-Aerobics, I was drawn to it. And now I have learnt the entire set, and even if I am unable to attend classes, I practice it at home or wherever I am."

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