India Pavilion teaches tourists yoga on-site

From now until the 29th, yoga masters from India will enter the Indian Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo. Eight yoga performances every day allow visitors to experience the purest yoga philosophy. After the performance, interested tourists can also go on stage to ask the master for advice.

Yoga originated in India and has a history of more than 5,000 years. It is called the "treasure of the world." Recently, this "treasure" came to the Indian Pavilion, where five "yoga masters" from the Indian Yoga Naturopathic Association performed more than 20 difficult yoga movements such as camels, peacocks, and samurai on the center stage. The performances start at 10 a.m. and are 30 minutes per session, with a total of 8 performances a day.

Yoga has a fitness effect. Among the more than 20 movements performed by masters, many have "practical" effects. For example, triangle, camel, peacock, cobra and other shapes can relieve constipation, and wheel shapes can strengthen abdominal muscles and delay aging.

The Morning Post reporter saw at the scene that the master took a deep breath and bent down slightly. The commentator asked the tourists to pay attention to the master's stomach. As soon as he finished speaking, a "small hole" caved in the master's stomach. Then, the "small hole" began to swim around his stomach, and cheers came out from the stage. In addition, the master also performed many movements that can often be seen on TV, such as standing straight and raising his right leg close to his ears with his right hand; supporting the ground with his hands, and his legs passing through the gap between his hands.

At the end of the performance, a master maintained a "handstand" posture, and the commentator asked the audience to clap their hands and encourage him and said,"The applause does not stop, the performance does not stop." I saw that while the master maintained a handstand posture, his feet were still posing in various shapes in the air, and he could also twist his waist while handstand. It was very exciting. The audience below the stage kept applauding, and the handstand movement lasted for more than a minute.

After the performance, a performer named Mishra told the Morning Post reporter that in India, everyone likes yoga, and yoga exists in all aspects of life. As for how long it takes to learn to complete these difficult movements, Mishra replied,"It's just a year." He said that everyone's conditions are different, and the time spent studying will vary, but under normal circumstances, you can achieve "small achievements" in one year of study.

Staff of the Indian Pavilion said that the audience under the stage is quite reserved at present. Although they think these movements are wonderful, they will not take the initiative to go on stage. In fact, after the performance, interested audiences can go to the stage to ask the performers for advice.

Yoga performance schedule

10:00 - 11:00

11:30 - 12:00

12:30 - 13:00

16:00 - 16:30

17:00 - 17:30

18:00 - 18:30

19:00 - 19:30

20:00 - 20:30 (Internship Editor: Li Jianhong)