The Dhaka Flow Festival 2024 has been a celebration of mindfulness and connection, set against the buzzing backdrop of Gulshan Society Lake Park. For two days, the park transformed into a vibrant hub where people from all walks of life—children, young adults, and the elderly, gathered to embrace wellness, creativity, and community.
Sonia Hossain, dancer and Zumba instructor, transformed her love of movement into a wellness journey blending dance, yoga, and mental health. She encourages people of all ages to embrace dance for physical and emotional well-being.
Eliza Chowdhury, a seasoned yoga instructor with certifications from India and Thailand, shares 5 yoga poses that are particularly effective for targeting and reducing belly fat.
As the soft rays of the sun peek through the trees at Dhanmondi Lake, a group of women spread their yoga mats. Md Rokanuzzaman Tutul, their instructor, fusses over the arrangement of mats, ensuring ample space is available for effective movement. This is the usual scenario you may encounter if you happen to visit Dhanmondi Lake on a fine morning.
Dhaka Flow inaugurated its Health & Healing Studio on 7 September, 2024, in Banani, through a lively event, introducing a new hub for wellness that aims to address the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of its visitors.
Train your brain to focus with these activities: Pomodoro Technique with brain games, desk yoga stretches, mindful walking, tackling the hardest task first, and brain dumps. These habits enhance concentration and mental clarity.
The roots of Reiki trace back to Japan, but its branches have spread worldwide, touching the lives of many seeking holistic wellness.
Much like traditional yoga, which benefits the whole body, face yoga is a practice that goes beyond mere cosmetic improvements, serving as a soothing ritual that alleviates stress. It offers a non-invasive alternative to Botox and plastic surgery through a series of exercises that tone facial muscles, potentially enhancing youthfulness and radiance.
Emerging research suggests that yoga may serve as a preventive measure against dementia and cognitive degeneration.
Students of engineering colleges and technical institutes in India will have to take part in yoga, sports or other socially relevant activities in addition to their regular academics to be awarded a degree.
A journalist in India is facing charges over a report he wrote saying Muslims are banned from being yoga teachers under government policy.
The founder of hot yoga has been ordered to pay more than $6m (£4.18m) to a lawyer who says he sexually harassed her and sacked her for investigating allegations against him.
Actress Shilpa Shetty says she has finished writing her book on nutrition, and that it will release in November.
Yoga is a spiritual discipline which focuses on bringing harmony between the mind and body. On 21 June 2015, in association with the United Nation System in Bangladesh and Bangladesh Yoga Association, the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre commemorated the event at the Bangladesh National Museum.
