Gen Z opt for Yoga practice for Covid recovery

Younger generation is adapting healthier lifestyle and with that inoculating the practice of Yoga as a part of their daily routine. On the 6thWorld Yoga Day, Bizz Buzz spoke with yoga gurus on the relevance of the ancient practice during the pandemic period.

Geeta Bisht, a Yoga practitioner in the national capital, said that people between the age group of 20 to 45 are more flexible to adapting to online yoga classes, as older generation have hesitancy towards getting the practice right virtually.

"We started Yoga sessions online even before the pandemic in 2020. In the initial days, we did not have as many clients. But as more people realized that Covid is here to stay, the acceptance of learning yoga came with it. People do realise that restriction, virtual classes maybe the new normal," Geeta Bisht

Geeta, who quit IT job over eight years ago, has been training Ashtanga Yoga Asana professionally for over four years. She said that unlike first wave, patients recovering from Covid-19 variant in the second wave need to focus on the lung improvement along with overall body recovery.

"For patients who are recovering from Covid-19 this time, they should go for a professional yoga instructor because there is too much of vast information on Yoga online. First wave (of Covid) was completely different from the second one. The second wave has attacked the lungs. You need to give yourself a recovery period of one month, start practicing yoga slowly, practice Suryanamaskar or any other low intensity Asanas. Deep breathing exercise or Nadi Shodhna is what I would recommend for people who are recovering," Geeta added.

Similarly, Tanya Raval, a fitness instructor said the ancient Indian practice is not just vital for physical recovery but for mindfulness as well. "It is abundantly clear now and an irrefutable fact that your health is everything. People who have been generally active in life (actively exercising) have been shown to suffer way less adversities than those who weren't. Pandemic is an extremely unsure time where one isn't even certain about one's survival. In times like this yoga's philosophy of being in the present holds great relevance,"