International Yoga Festival 2023

International Yoga Festival 2023 began at Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, the Yoga Capital of World. The festival was inaugurated by Uttarakhand’s Honourable CM Puskar Singh Dhami and Guest of Honour Padmashri Swami Sivananda (126 years old Yoga Guru from Varanasi, the oldest man to be conferred with the Padmashri award).

Rishikesh is hosting the 18th edition of International Yoga Festival in 2023 from 1st March to 7th March. This seven days festival of Yoga is being organized by the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board. Venue for the festival is Ganga Resort GMVN ( Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam), Yog Bharat Ghat on the banks of Holy river Ganga, near Muni ki Reti.

People can register to participate in this festival by clicking on ‘Register’ on internationalyogfestival.com website. Participants will get opportunity to attend everyday morning Yoga & Meditation sessions by Yoga gurus/instructors from some of the most renowned Yoga Institutes of the World.

The partner Yoga schools for International Yoga Festival (IYF) 2023 are:-
— Heartfulness,
— Isha Foundation
— The Art of Living
— Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, Lonavla.
— Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune.
— Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres
— Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai.

The festival intends to celebrate the various paths of rejuvenating human body, mind and soul. The important learnings to be gathered include interactive and insightful sessions by various Spiritual leaders like Padmashri Bharat Bhushan, H H Indradyumna Swami (ISCKON), Swami Sukhbodhananda (PRASANNA TRUST), H G Gauranga Prabhu (ISCKON) ; Ayurveda Doctors like Dr Sunil Joshi ( VC – UTTARAKHAND AYURVED UNIVERSITY), Dr J. N. Nautiyal (PRESIDENT- BHARTIYA CHIKITSA PARISHAD Uttarakhand), Prof. (Dr.) Hari Mohan Chandola, Dr. Mannat Marwaha, Dr Vaidehi Deodhar, Dr Ravi Joshi; Wellness experts like Dr Veronique Nicolai, Rujuta Diwekar, Dinaz Vervatwala, Dr. Urmila Pande, Dr Priya Ahuja, Dr Navdeep Joshi, Dr Manoj Rangarh and many other Divine speakers, Life coaches etc.

Besides Yoga & Wellness, the mass attractions are various cultural activities including Classical music, Folk dance, Satsang, Kirtan etc. to promote Indian culture. Several live performances by popular bands like ‘Pandavaas’, ‘Miracle on wheels’ etc. would enrich the experience of visitors to the festival.