16/11/2015
Old Mussoorie Road Cottage is first choice for the Yoga enthusiasts coming to Yog-Ganga Centre, Rajpur for Yoga Studies from around the world. Both organizations compliment each other very well. Yoga students love their stay at the Old Mussoorie Road Cottage during their three weeks Yoga lessons at Yog-Ganga Centre which is only at walking distance from Old Mussoorie Road Cottage.
The Yog-Ganga Centre For Yoga Studies was founded in June 1988 by Swati and Rajiv Chanchani. Its aims are to promote the study of Yoga in the tradition of the revered sage Patanjali. The activities of this centre are guided by the renowned Yoga-master, Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune, India.
The Yog-Ganga Centre was initially based in Mussoorie. In 2002 the centre was shifted to a quiet, forested locality of Dehradun known as Old Rajpur, which is in the lower Himalayas.
This new centre comprises of a specially designed building constructed of brick and locally mined limestone. This building encloses a 1500 sq.ft. well equipped Yoga hall, a library, a venue for lectures and demonstrations, a reception and changing rooms. Well landscaped gardens on terraced slopes abounding in trees, shrubs and flowers make the situation idyllic for the practice of Yoga.
Yoga training at the Yog-Ganga Centre consists of ongoing general classes, remedial classes and intensive courses. Asana and pranayama are taught. Regulaly talks and presentation are given on subjects related to yoga: Indian philosophy, the arts and culture, ayurveda-the Indian system of holistic healing, ecology and the environment. On important occasions special cultural events are staged, or short outings are organized.
The directors of the Yog-Ganga Centre also conduct Yoga courses at other venues in India and overseas.
