Maha CM: ‘Make yoga part of daily life.’ Netas accomplish that too
As an Iyengar practitioner, I’m weary of International Yoga Day’s regular bakwasana. Last week, our no-longer-Maha CM instructed us to make yoga part of ‘daily living’. Helloh-ji! Aren’t we already compelled to do that vis-a-vis all genres of authority, from visitors cop to prime boss? It’s principally stretching in supplication by way of canine pose, adho mukha svanasana; some do it with a touch of defiance, by way of upward-facing urdhva mukha svanasana. Everyone should undergo backbends, ahead bends and supine positions since everybody, bar none, has somebody above him/her. Elections are the time for inversions, when ‘below’ develop into ‘above’, and aam janata revels in victorious breath, ujjayi pranayama.
Politicians don’t want Eknath Shinde’s recommendation. They are adept at so many poses, however not everybody is named ‘Yogi’. Here are some frequent netasanas.
Padmasana stays prime of the pops, even when this time it wasn’t fairly the tomtommed lotus feat. Sirsasana is the uncrowned ‘king of yoga poses’; our ruler social gathering’s braggadocio too was made to face on its head. Fittingly, for yoga goals at taming ego. ‘Queen’ pose is sarvangasana; in physique politic too, all elements should be totally stretched. In yoga sequence, sarvangasana is adopted by halasana. Netas are furiously perfecting this plough pose after farmers confirmed you can’t reap electoral yields by sowing despair.
Undivided Shiv Sena owned dhanurasana since bow (together with arrow) was its image. Now allotted to Shinde’s breakaway faction, our Eknath-ji should work at virabhadrasana 1 to point out that he’s nonetheless the standing archer. Maharashtra politics itself has been a trikonasana with dizzying variations of Sena, NCP and BJP. Now Dilli too submits to this triangle; BJP’s NDA remains to be at its head, however with out Naidu-Nitish, there’d be no story.
With coalitions inevitable, political panorama resembles one mega class perfecting just one pose, bridge-building setu bandha sarvangasana. It wants complete alertness since one member might instantly rock the boat with navasana. Then, as in each yoga session, the ruling alliance may finish in corpse-like savasana.
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