It is said that yoga was created in India, thousands of years ago, by wise men, for their well being harmonizing body and mind.

For centuries and centuries, the masters have transferred their knowledge to few selected students. This transmission was a long term process, far from modern speed.

The 21st century is rushing with fast food, fast Bollywood dances and higher speed almost everywhere.

Yoga is adjusting to the modern times. The yoga lessons are no more given as a secret ritual of initiation. Nowadays yoga is provided to hundreds and thousands of participants at the same time. The new yoga gurus are using mikes, loudspeakers and TV in huge open air fields.

Television is a perfect relay to bring yoga at home for millions of people. The new yoga users are mainly middle age and elders are looking to natural tools for curing their illnesses and as a spiritual pathway. This is a big difference with yoga in the West done for calming the mind and moving the body.

Swami Ramdev is the most well known of the Indian yoga teachers because every morning many cameras show detail of his yoga exercises. He is talking about the benefits of Pranayam, the specific breathing yoga exercises, and various movements which are similar to aerobics and fitness classes. As he is both powerful and flexible, he appears as a perfect master to follow. He explains that easier breathing exercises and postures are more efficient and less dangerous than the acrobatic ones, so more people can practice safely and easily.

He says that anybody can prevent or cure diseases by practicing yoga and natural diet. We heard when he was teenager he was suffering from half paralysis of the body. Now he looks like an acrobat.

He is also advising to follow a healthy way of living. He says that the stomach is the guest house of the diseases and he recommends eating fruits and vegetables.

His morning TV program, two hours long, which is available in 139 countries, generates enthusiasm because the lessons are free and practical at home. The right advices are given to different kinds of practitioners. Some of them take part in interviews live, and all questions are getting answers.


NEPALESE YOGA IN KATHMANDU BY LILA NANDA

Lila Nanda, 27 years old, was born in Nuwarkot district. He came to Kathmandu for studying. He has passed SLC and he went to University.
When he was 18 he decided to dedicate his life to yoga.
 He studied many yoga books of Vivekananda and Osho and he did a lot of practice in the asanas and meditation. He his practicing daily Vipasana meditation.

Lila Nanda get a lot of technical yoga inspiration from Swami Ram Dev, his books and his yoga TV program.
Three years ago he started to give daily free yoga at Thurikel Park, involving more and more Nepalese of all ages. A Nepalese yoga teacher committee gave him permission to go further for spreading a free healthy yoga practice.
Two years back, Swami Ram Dev came to Kathmandu for a big yoga civic. He appreciated the teaching of Lila Nanda and he gave him a big zone to expand yoga in Nepal. After three months in charge, Lila Nanda cancelled his charge because it was a too heavy administrative task for him.

Lila is concentrating on his personal daily yoga practice and the sharing of his skills. Since two years he is organizing yoga teacher training courses. He taught more than two hundred Nepalese teachers. Taking example from Swami Ram Dev he is also teaching acupressure and reflexology to heal many diseases. He is advising many people about the importance of a natural food. Nowadays the main guru of Lila Nanda is a female yogini, around fifty years old: Mahamay Yoga Shyama who is a disciple of Indian Doctor Narayan Datta Shrimali, the author of several yoga books.  
Lila Nanda is welcoming anybody interested to get a free practical yoga at Thurikel Park, every morning, from 5.30 to 7.30 AM. Foreigners are welcome. Lila Nanda will be in charge of the Nepalese participants to the First Annapurnas Yoga Trek in September 2009.
Mobile: 98 41 54 65 17.

Janga Bahadur Shahi: Life Story
Janga is the sixth child of a family from Kalikot district, Midwest of Nepal. All the children died from illnesses before the birth of Janga and the last one also died soon. His mother died when he was almost two years old. His father lost two wifes and he did not get married again.

From five to sixteen Janga get a good education in Kathmandu.

At sixteen, Janga went back to his village with his old father and he did hard agricultural works.

When Janga was nineteen, his father died. Janga left Nepal and he went to India, as he father did.

Janga was working as a porter at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering when he met Eric Lon, a French medical masseur physiotherapist and mountaineer who was trekking and giving lectures with free training in the mountains. Eric Lon honorific Indian nickname is: “Shivling doctor”.

Janga has requested from Eric Lon to teach him a good occupation, to get a better living.

A new life
For five years Janga travelled with Eric Lon in various Asian countries and in France learning more and more about Yoga and Massage. Janga studied in different massage and yoga schools and he has seven certificates.

Janga’ story life is already depicted in the French book of Eric Lon: “ Des Ecrins à l’Himalaya”.

Return to Katmandu
Janga is back to Kathmandu to upgrade his knowledge in connection with Nepalese yoga trainers.


To know more about Janga and his French yoga and massage trainer: www.travel-healthy.com