At A Height Of 12,300 Feet, This 78-Year-Old Woman Taught Jawans Yoga And Pranayama

At 78 years old, Padmini Jog still travels the nation leading free pranayama and yoga programs. She visited border regions in September of this year to teach jawans in the armed forces.

Up until 2005, Padmini was satisfied to traverse the entire nation with her husband, Lt Col Pratap Jog, an Indian Army officer. She initially worked as a stay-at-home mother caring for her two kids. Later, she completed a Montessori course and started working as a teacher in the locations where her husband was stationed.

Padmini, who was born and reared in Bengaluru, earned a BSc in home science from Maharani College in addition to her Senior Cambridge from London University.

After Lt Col Jog resigned and the couple relocated to his hometown of Nagpur, yoga, and pranayama became a part of their lives.

They had no idea that teaching yoga and pranayama to thousands of individuals across the nation, including officers and jawans in the armed forces, would soon become their life’s work.

Combine with a specific goal

In 2004, a show by renowned yoga master Baba Ramdev was airing as Padmini was performing her yoga asanas in the bedroom and her husband was watching television in the living room. A teacher’s course in Haridwar was promoted in the ticker.

The pair received instruction from Baba Ramdev directly while attending a yoga teacher’s camp in Haridwar. They were called to conduct a camp at Sehore near Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh after they returned to Nagpur.

Padmini questioned her ability to speak in front of the audience, but her husband allayed her concerns.

When Lt Col Jog showed the yoga asanas and pranayama, she would explain the technique and vice versa. The two quickly developed into a powerful partnership.

The only things they requested in exchange for these programs were travel and lodging expenses from the participants. From Monday through Friday of each week, they began traveling throughout India and holding camps for senior persons, schools, colleges, old age homes, and the Rotary. Along with police stations, the army, navy, and air force bases served as their primary camps (CRPF, SRPF, BSF, and ITBP). Everyone on the bases as well as nearby Kendriya Vidyalayas and Army Public Schools was involved in this.

Visiting border outposts

Before Lt Col Jog passed unexpectedly from a sudden heart attack, the pair ran 561 camps.

Given that he had been doing yoga and pranayama for a long time, Lt. Col. Jog was perplexed and enquired of the physicians how it was possible. His cardiac problem had been 20 years postponed by the regimen, according to the doctors. The following evening, he went away.

Padmini did not consider the future for a month. Her son had agreed to the camps, but she had persuaded him to cancel them. But she quickly made the decision to go it alone.

Her husband had been handling the business up until that point, but Padmini quickly learned to not only travel and stay alone, but also to teach alone.

She has finished over 940 camps to now, and in September of this year, she traveled to Jammu and Kashmir’s border regions to impart knowledge to jawans.

For physical and mental wellbeing

The course includes yoga asanas, yoga nidra, meditation, and seven pranayamas for both physical and mental well-being. It also includes seven micro-exercises.

She highlights the significance of including yoga and pranayama in our daily practice.

In comparison to other forms of exercise, she claims that pranayama and yoga make us feel rejuvenated and revitalized.

As long as she is physically able to and as long as her body permits, she wants to keep leading camps.

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