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Dr. Manu Baligar, President, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, being felicitated
by Sri.N. Ramanuja, Chairman, BVB, Bengaluru

INTERNATIONAL

YOGA DAY AT BVB COMPLETE YOGA CAPSULE

His wiry frame and agile movements belie his age, despite the mop of gray. He exudes
energy and enthusiasm in the name of yoga. Kumara Reddy B H, a former State level
basketball coach, who represented Bangalore University in the same game, is a yoga expert
and teacher who lives and breathes this ancient spiritual discipline, making him one of the
sincere and knowledgeable yoga teachers in Bengaluru.
There is no fancy name for the yoga he teaches, imbibed essentially from B K S Iyengar,
and the study of practically every book on yoga including Iyengar‘s ―Light on Yoga‖.
―Health issues made me turn to yoga, and I started teaching it from 1998‖ says Kumara,
who has designed his own module incorporating the essential suryanamaskara, pranayama,
asanas and meditation into it.
On International Yoga Day—June 21 he will give a yoga demonstration along with his
many students of Bhavan‘s Yoga School at the Bengaluru Kendra. With the twin experiences
of being a sportsman and a yoga expert, Kumara points out ―yoga is good enough to keep
one fit, agile and healthy, physically and mentally. A supple body is the added bonus‖. When
queried about other forms of exercise, he says gyms give muscle mass; it is an artificial form
of exercise; walking is good for the heart; only yoga gives mind-body alignment and leads to
inner peace‖.

A cross-section of enthusiasts, from 18 to 70 years of age, flock his classes, and benefit
from his yoga training which is age and health specific—an expertise that comes only with
earnestness and experience. Kumara has no name for his school—he is his own brand name.
Come rain or shine, he is up at 4.30 am. He criss-crosses the City throughout the day,
teaching yoga at the individual level.

Lauding International Yoga Day as having created better awareness and attracted more
adherents, Kumara says yoga is a way towards spirituality. ―To me, every day is yoga day‖.