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Yoga has been out of focus for about 1000 years. It is the oldest system of personal development that encompasses the body, mind and soul.

Dr Yogi Sri Balakrishnan: He is still famous for being driven over by a car in 1993. This was no traffic accident, but a feat of yogic strength. Yogi Balakrishnan was proving to the millions of TV viewers who watched this spectacle that the powers of yoga were real--nay, extraordinary. And to make his point stick in the minds of his Asian audience, he politely asked the driver to run him over only after he settled comfortably on a bed of nails [see photo, right]. Once this Singaporean Yogi had everyone's attention, he embarked on his mission, and has since accomplished what is perhaps an even more remarkable feat--entering yoga study into the standard curriculum of Malaysian Tamil schools.

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Yoga

Yoga has been out of focus for about 1000 years. It is the oldest system of personal development that encompasses the body, mind and soul. Its origin dates back to more than 7000 years. Yoga is part of Vedas. The Vedic period is the estimated to be before BC 5000. This valuable science of self-realization and purification is a gift from the sages of ancient times. It continues to be an arduous task to spread this gift throughout the world due to lack of genuine gurus and support from the community.

Many of us have the wrong concept that yoga involves the renunciation of material wealth and assuming sainthood. Here let us remember the sacred song of, thirugnana sambandar beginning with ‘Mannil Nallavannam vazhalam’. He proclaims that the Saivaneri will ensure happy and the prosperous life in this world itself.

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I am Yogi Sri Dr Balakrishnan and I have been in the field of Yoga and Hindu Vedas for more than 50 years. My years of practicing yoga have enabled me to showcase and demonstrate acts of extreme strength many times. Moreover, through conducting lectures and yoga lessons I have earned the trust and respect of many followers around the world. The University of Taiwan conferred me the Doctorate title for the work I have accomplished in terms of both in Yoga theory and daily practical applications.

I am an ardent supporter of Vegan Food and Vegetarianism and I am heartened that the world is slowly but definitely accepting Veganism and many institutions such as The World Vegan Organization (WVO) and the Vegetarian Society of Singapore (VSS) have been successfully.

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