A WHOPPING 2,220 participants joined a yoga session at the Great Eastern Yoga for Life event, which set a record for the largest participation in a yoga session under the Malaysia Book of Records recently.

About 20 yoga instructors guided the participants to perform the 45-minute session near The Strand in Kota Damansara.

Members of the public, schools, universities, societies, organisations, yogis, and including Mix FMs deejays JD and Dilly and My FMs deejay Wan Wai Fun were amongst the crowd of participants for the event.

Great Eastern Life Assurance (M) Bhd director and chief executive officer Datuk Koh Yaw Hui said, Yoga for Life is one of the major events under our Great Programme, which aims to promote healthy lifestyles and meaningful relationships.

Yoga is about having a healthy lifestyle and bringing in your family, children, friends, and parents to build a meaningful relationship.

Our existence is not only important to us but also to the people surrounding us, as Koh elaborated from what he meant by meaningful relationship.

Turning intentions into actions was the inspiration behind the Yoga for Life event. We wanted to host a public activity that is unconventional, yet interesting and fun enough to entice people to use it as their first step towards healthier and better living, he added.

A total of RM44,400 was collected from the registration fees and donated to the Breast Cancer Welfare Association (BCWA).

BCWA chief executive officer Ranjit Kaur said the event was a good opening for the public to know that yoga has versatility in its facility.

To most people who hear the word yoga, they think that it will be a very complicated activity.

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