GOPIO Gold Coast Yoga Event 2025
The GOPIO Gold Coast celebrated the 2025 International Day of Yoga on the 14th of June. The theme for the 2025 International Day of Yoga is “Yoga for One Earth, One Health”. In keeping with this theme, GOPIO-GC hosted four different styles of Yoga practices.
Ranjitha Shenoy, who runs the Yoga and Wellness by Ranju school, started off with classical Hatha Yoga. Her gentle and yet effective Asanas helped everyone stretch their bodies gently on a cold morning. This was followed by Shekher Arya’s session on SOMA Breathwork. Shekher, who runs Amavi retreats, focused on a specific form of Pranayama to create a sense of happiness. The third session was conducted by Leela Avva and Aoi Okoch from the Heartfulness Institute. They focused on chair yoga, which helped those who were not comfortable sitting on the floor for too long, and silent deep meditation.
This session helped people relax their mind and body at their own pace. The final session was conducted by Sharma Slavic who runs various sound-based healing events in South East Queensland. Her use of the crystal sound bowls and the harp, further calmed everyone.
There were close to 50 participants all of whom found the sessions very engaging. The entire program lasted close to two hours although it felt that it was over in a jiffy. GOPIO-GC thanks all the instructors and the participants for making the event a great success. The event was supported by the Consul General of India, Brisbane and Experience Gold Coast.
Thanks to our presenters and supporters.
GOPIO Gold Coast was represented by Pradip Gorasia (President), Preetham Krishna (2nd Vice-President), Paddy Krishnan (Joint Secretary and Coordinator of the event), Madhuri Soni (Secretary) and Varsha Badhe (Asst. Treasurer)
