International yoga day and World music day are celebrated across the globe on 21st of June. Yoga and music may not have direct connection but they blend well and it is a coincidence that International Yoga day and World music day fall on the same day. Both are therapeutical and work on overall wellness of mind,body and soul.
Yoga day aims to spread awareness about the practice of yoga and how it helps to improve the physical and mental well-being emphasising the importance of a healthy life style. Music is a significant part of our daily lives and everyone enjoys listening to music to relax or even while doing their regular tasks.World music day encourages people to listen to music ,invites everyone regardless of their age,skill etc to participate and share their love for music. Music has a powerful ability to bring people together.
At Ekadaksha,utmost importance is given to physical activities. Music is inseparable from daily activities. Where words fail,Music speaks. As per this saying, every class at ELC has devoted time in their schedule for music incorporating different kinds of music as per the age and liking of the children and music is also used during various activities.
During the yoga and music day celebration this year,Yoga and Music were beautifully blended. The children stood in circle and did warm up actions by imitating the actions done by the teacher who stood in the middle. Then they went on to gentle movements - moving their head,shoulders,hands up and down,wriggling and rolling their hands,moving hips from side to side,bending and touching knees and moving their whole body round and round. The actions were done casually in a smooth rhythm by listening to the song sung by the teacher. Then inside and outside movements were done in different ways using the whole body. After this, relaxing music was played with the children and teachers doing guided meditation.
Wishing everyone a healthy, balanced life through the practice of yoga and by blending it with the joy of music. May it lead to bringing peace and harmony to oneself to be relaxed and achieve positive results.
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