On the 6th of November last year, more than 250 students and staff joined together to celebrate the CityU Yoga Day. Yoga is now a buzz word on campus ever since the first Yoga Day was held at CItyU in a previous year. It was a total success and a hit amongst students. What better way is there to commemorate the end of midterms than a day of yoga?

In a demonstration, Master Yogaraj amazed the participants by his challenging yoga moves, which he demonstrated with his partner, Ms. Coffee Lam. This was followed by a mass yoga practice which started shortly afterwards. Proper posturing is very important in yoga. During the practice, tutors from Prana Yogam instructed CityU students the correct yoga poses individually.

Taiwanese resident Scott Shih Yao-lun (Finance, Year 4) from Jockey Club Academy Hall remarked, “This event boosts my mental health and physical fitness. I am impressed by the humour of Master Yogaraj! Everybody is cheerful and I feel really great!”

Practicing yoga with the birds chirping and the leaves rustling – the best remedy to de-stress!

Master Yogaraj and Ms. Coffee LAM perform various poses that require flexibility and strength.

The yoga Day is kick-off by a Jal-anjali, the ritual that symbolises the cleansing and purification of the earth.