Yogic transformation

This group,now trained by Dhas has been creating wonders with their breath taking yogic stunts that involve climbing the stairs at Chatushringi temples on hands with water buckets held in-between the legs,skipping on one leg and so on. “I started training them for basic yoga in 2002 and to my surprise,they picked up fast,” says Dhas,a physical training teacher from Beed who came to Ramkrishna math Pune,in 2000.

It was the performance and the ability of these children to grasp that motivated Dhas to come up with innovative yogic asanas and experiment them with the children. “They stand on hand and sing a bhajan while playing an instrument with legs,drink water from a mug held in legs while standing on hands and around 500 such stunts,” says Dhas.

With over 500 formations of human pyramid,the children have till date won countless accolades such as the Pune Sports Competition,Inter school competitions,gold medal in Argentina,gold medal in Rhythmic Yoga in Delhi and so on. “One of the biggest achievements for me however was when one of my students- Sunil Shivtare was cured of tuberculosis because of the exercises,” smiles Dhas who has now been approached by various educational institutes in the city.

With performances at Usmanabad,Aurangabad,Latur,Amravati and military schools across the nation,Dhas now feels that his job of getting the children on the right track is more than successful. “I always believed in the philosophy of Swami Vivekananda. I have taught them what I had. Now I want them to be the teachers and spread the message of peace and harmony to children like them,” he concludes.