SpiceJet crew and the Isha Foundation instructors will perform Upa Yoga
Participants of the International Yoga Day during the full dress rehearsal for the event in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: Budget carrier SpiceJet has teamed up with Isha Foundation of Sadhguru to conduct mid-air yoga sessions on some of its Boeing flights on Sunday. SpiceJet crew and the Isha Foundation instructors will perform Upa Yoga at a height of 35,000 feet on June 21, the International Yoga Day.
According to the airline, approximately 50 dedicated Isha instructors and SpiceJet crew members, who have been specially trained to perform Upa Yoga, will undertake a 10-minute session onboard select Boeing flights across the SpiceJet network.
Passengers onboard the flights will be encouraged to take part in the yoga exercises while seated, SpiceJet said in a release. Upa is a simple yet powerful style of yoga that activates the joints, muscles and energy system and incorporates pranayams.
“SpiceJet is pleased to be the first airline in the world to demonstrate yoga onboard. We are happy to be associated with the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi)’s initiative in promoting yoga in India. We are pleased to join hands with Isha Foundation for this initiative aimed at our customers who are on the move,” SpiceJet’s chairman and managing director Ajay Singh said.
Several hundred Isha Foundation volunteers will perform a simple form of yoga, namaskar mudra at SpiceJet check-in counters.
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( Source : PTI )
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