‘Yoga with Papa’ on the occasion of International Yoga Day 2020
In this pandemic, days are passing with perturbation & distress, where isolation has become indolence. To fight COVID 19 everyone across the globe is taking precautions by staying at home and maintaining social distancing. But as we know every coin has two sides, staying home and isolating has brought out a huge wave of laziness and people turning into couch potatoes. The human body and brain are designed for daily physical activity, and the ill effects of inactivity are becoming clearly visible in people across the globe. Not only has reduced physical activity caused mood swings in people, but also thrown a huge number of people into depression due to the lack of the happy hormones being released by our sedentary bodies.
PODAR WORLD SCHOOL, part of a group which is contributing to education and nation building since 1927 believes in making a positive difference in the lives of the 10000’s of children and families with them.
On the Occasion of Father’s Day & International Yoga Day they conducted a session called “Yoga with Papa & Family” not only for their students, but also for their parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles – who may be in the same house, or living on another continent. Podar, who believes in taking care of their entire family of students as well as their parents are a step ahead of what traditional schools care about, as earlier they had conducted virtual Zumba session for all the students and their Family throughout April & May which was a massive hit where thousands of people logged in for Zumba every week and today more than 12,000 people logged in to perform Yoga with their family
Mr. Raghav Podar - Chairman of Podar Education says that “One should never waste a crisis. This is an opportunity to build quality family bonding time. Having sessions like Yoga & Zumba with our children and their extended families is extremely critical as they recharge our brain’s batteries, letting our body release good hormones like Dopamine & Endorphins, which not only kill stress and negativity, but also bring waves of self-confidence, energy, focus and mental clarity. As Holistic Development Educationists, we take these things as our responsibility. Children learn best on their feet, and not on their seats.”
Apart from running online classes for its students for academics as well as physical fitness, Podar is following the footsteps of the Founder President of their Trust, Mahatma Gandhi, by contributing a lot in society by helping the less fortunate; serving 1000s of kilos of food grains to the poor across India.
Thanks to the revered Chairman Shri Raghav Podar and the Principal Ms Preeta Pillai for not only keeping the spirit of the students lit but also for keeping them on their feet at the time of lockdown owing to the pandemic Covid 19.
Wow!! they truly imbibe the saying “Be the change you wish to see in the world”
