06/29/2026
It is always a different kind of satisfaction when authentic, traditional yogic practices are shared and practiced with Western participants. I try my best and keep educating my Western participants about our beloved Guruji @’s Panchakosha philosophy (a human is made of 5 personality layers – physical, energy, emotional, intellectual and spiritual personality) and spread his message that yogic practices contribute to transformation of one’s personality at all these 5 levels.
Experts like Saurabh Bothra are doing a great job of awakening the Indian community in different parts of the world and making traditional yogic practices a part of their daily routine. In Western world, although Yoga has long become a familiar phenomenon, it is still seen as a flexibility tool rather than a tool of transformation at these five levels.
While we all celebrate the International Day of Yoga more and more enthusiastically year by year, let us make sure that these yogic practices become a part of our daily life and not a yearly phenomenon.
