New Zealand cities and towns will witness a unique health event from Sunday, September 16 to Sunday, September 30, 2012. People from all walks of life and different age groups are once again invited to participate in a two-week 'Health for Humanity' Yogathon 2012, after the successful completion of the first ever New Zealand wide Yogathon last year. The event is free and open to all.
Yogathon New Zealand, a division of Hindu Council of New Zealand, will organise the nationwide ‘Health for Humanity’ Yogathon 2012 with the aim of increasing awareness about the science of yoga, and its techniques in facilitating a healthy body, mind, and spirit in balance with each other.
The participants will aim to collectively perform 108,000 repetitions of ‘Surya Namaskar’ (Sun Salutation) over a period of 15 days. A repetition of Surya Namaskar consists of a series of yoga postures of well-balanced movements linked with simple breathing techniques. If you are a first time practitioner, trained instructors will be available at specific locations to help you get initiated in Yoga through Surya Namaskars.
Yogathon will help promote yoga widely in a scientific perspective of health, to help introduce it as a part of school curriculum, encourage healthy living, and connect yoga schools and practitioners in New Zealand through participation in this planned annual event.
Participants can conduct Surya Namaskar repetitions from the comfort of their homes or as part of the regular group they practice with; in addition venues will be available in some cities where they can join in group practice with trainers.
Those willing to volunteer and help promote and coordinate this event in their respective cities/ schools/ neighbourhoods and be part of the Yogathon team are heartily welcome.
To register interest as participant/ volunteer/ both, please register on http://yogathon-nz.org/registration or email yogathon.nz@gmail.com or contact the Yogathon team:
National coordinator: Dr Rajiv Chaturvedi - 021 079 5036
Auckland : Komal Shah – 021 035 3591
Hamilton: Kavita Parshotam --- (07) 856 5052
Rotorua: Joyce Childs --- 021 023 12523
Wanganui: Jayanthi Sarvanapavana --- (06) 344 3199
Wellington: Tribhuvan Shreshtha --- 021 036 9065
Christchurch: Cecilia Freire --- (03) 942 4333