Outreach - SRMD Yoga

"Compassion is being passionate about showing kindness. And being compassionate is the first step to divinity."

-Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, Founder of SRMD Yoga

As SRMD Yoga encourages and empowers one beyond the realms of practising on a mat, it has met great success expanding into diverse aspects of the community. Through innovative initiatives, SRMD Yoga has touched numerous lives of prisoners, tribal populations, patients and doctors in COVID-Care Centres, and working rural women and children. SRMD Yoga hopes to continuously grow its community outreach and cultivate harmony by flowing into various sections of society through selfless service.

Outreach Activities

Women Empowerment at Raj Uphaar

SRMD Yoga goes reaches out to the doorstep for women empowerment through Raj Uphaar.

Combatting COVID with Compassion

A state of the art 200-bed COVID facility was setup in Dharampur, South Gujarat.

Rejuvenating Yoga Sessions for the Elderly

A yoga event rejuvenates the residents of an elderly home in Hong Kong

Powerful Yogathon in Gujarat School

'Yogathon' Challenge at Shrimad Rajchandra Gurukul

World Environment Day: 5000 Trees Planted

SRMD Yoga participates in environmental initiatives for happy and healthy living.

Bright Life: Braille Yoga Workshop

Initiatives for the Blind to Support their Growth.

Byculla Jail: Rejuvenating Yoga for 70+ Inmates

A yoga session boosts the spirits of women inmates at Byculla jail.

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Uplifting the welfare of prisoners through yoga sessions

Women Empowerment at Raj Uphaar

Enriching sessions for the women of rural India at Raj Uphaar.

SRMD Yoga has taken regular free yoga sessions to energise and rejuvenate the underprivileged women of rural India with Raj Uphaar at their very own workplace in the village. It is a social enterprise that aims to employ, empower and create a new standard of living for women, their families and their communities in South Gujarat, one of the poorest areas in Gujarat, India. This shows how yoga truly transcends language, background, location and brings us all on common ground.

Combatting COVID with Compassion

By the grace of Shrimad Rajchandraji and the guidance of Pujya Gurudevshri, recently a state of the art 200-bed COVID facility was setup in Dharampur, South Gujarat with 50 beds dedicated to critical patients and 150 beds for mild to moderate covid patients.

This COVID facility equipped with an ICU, BiPAP machinery, ventilators, high-flow oxygen support and experienced healthcare professionals became the first of its kind with infrastructure that was unheard of and unknown in the tribal areas of South Gujarat. This COVID facility not only stands out for its compassionate cause but also its commitment to make modern healthcare accessible in the remotest regions.

Overcoming geographical distances for the overall care of rural patients, a global network of doctors from the USA, UK and Australia have been conducting tele-consultations regularly.

An immunity-boosting food menu has been curated by nutritionists to keep the patients well-nourished. Physiotherapy and yoga are conducted for holistic wellness, along with soothing music and inspiring video clips to empower the patients emotionally.

For a tribal population of over 4.5 lakh people grappling with COVID related myths and fear of vaccination, a mega awareness drive and vaccination outreach is being carried out to help dispel myths about COVID and relay information about symptoms, testing and vaccination.

Rejuvenating Yoga Sessions for the Elderly

30 residents of the Mei Foo Elderly Centre, Hong Kong engaged in a yoga session in by SRMD Yoga in Chinese.

Yoga is a discipline to improve or develop one’s inherent power in a balanced manner. It brings together physical and mental discipline to achieve a peaceful body and mind. It helps manage stress and anxiety. It also helps in increasing flexibility, muscle strength and body tone.

About 30 elderly Chinese residents of Mei Foo Elderly Centre in Hong Kong were engaged in a rejuvenating session of yoga by volunteers. It was a welcome break for them, who enjoyed the session, aided by a yoga instructor who could speak in the Chinese language. The event was well received by the residents who requested for more follow up sessions in the future.

Powerful Yogathon in Gujarat School

‘Yogathon’ is an initiative of the Art of Living Foundation to create awareness about yoga and create interest in its practice for healthier living. It inspires people to learn the surya namaskar and challenges them to complete 54 sets (108 rounds) of the same. On the occasion of World Health Day, SRMD Yoga and Art of Living partnered together to conduct Yogathons all across India, including Shrimad Rajchandra Gurukul (SRG). 58 of the 102 SRG students who participated in this event completed the challenge, for which they received a certificate.

World Environment Day: 5000 Trees Planted

The SRMD Yoga UK centre commemorated the International Day of Yoga 2018 by raising funds for the Shrimad Rajchandra Grow Green Drive through a yoga session. Over £500 was raised for the tree plantation initiative in Dharampur, where more than 5000 trees and saplings are envisaged to be planted in a single year! This was a unique way of giving back to the environment and contributing towards a greener future for the coming generations while empowering their own bodies to be healthy and active.

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Bright Life: Braille Yoga Workshop

Eyes are the window to the world, but for those deprived of vision, it is a dark existence. In order to rekindle hope in the lives of the blind, volunteers conducted a braille yoga workshop at The Happy Home and School for the Blind, Mumbai to teach them pranayama and conduct laughter exercises for a joyful living. At such a young age, the children absolutely enjoyed the pranayama because it encouraged them to love their bodies. SRMD Yoga continues to work hand in hand with these students to continue motivating them and blurring any differences.

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Byculla Jail: Rejuvenating Yoga for 70+ Inmates

SRMD Yoga visited the Byculla jail in Mumbai to conduct a yoga session to rejuvenate the spirits of the women inmates there. More than 70 women, several of whom were under-trial, participated enthusiastically in this activity, which started with pranayama followed by yoga. Several such visits have been planned in the future in view of the positive response from the inmates and jail authorities. Their response was full of excitement because the yogic practice allowed them to reduce anxiety of their current situation and brought them to the present moment.

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Shrimad Rajchandra Prisoner Upliftment and Reform Efforts (PURE) focuses on the development of the prisoners’ spiritual and moral values, physical and mental health, as well as education and other skills. This programme provides a healing touch to prisoners and leads them towards a better life in the future.

Nearly two-thirds of the prisoners in India are serving time while awaiting a trial. The morale of these prisoners is full of fear and anxiety about their future. Their families look for outlets on how to cope with the stress through finding ways to keep the prisoners motivated. SRMD Yoga identified this need from prisoners and jails on how the entities are eagerly looking for programmes to keep the prisoners in good spirits.

PURE and SRMD Yoga interact with prisoners through spiritual discourses, value-based sessions, meditation, yoga techniques and pranayama. SRMD Yoga curates customised workshops and programmes to help cultivate positive thought patterns and emotions for a smooth transition into social life.

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"Compassion is being passionate about showing kindness. And being compassionate is the first step to divinity."

-Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, Founder of SRMD Yoga

Outreach Activities

Women Empowerment at Raj Uphaar

Combatting COVID with Compassion

Rejuvenating Yoga Sessions for the Elderly

Powerful Yogathon in Gujarat School

World Environment Day: 5000 Trees Planted

Bright Life: Braille Yoga Workshop

Byculla Jail: Rejuvenating Yoga for 70+ Inmates

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