International Yoga Day
June 21, 2018
On 20thJune 2018 International Yoga day was celebrated in attavar campus, Mangaluru by MCODS Mangaluru and KMC Mangaluru. The chief guests for the event were Dr. Rekha T, DDSA, Mangaluru campus and Dr.Ashita Uppoor,Associate Dean,MCODS Mangaluru- who gave an enlightening and interactive talk on the importance of yoga and shared her experience of the same. Dr.Avinash,Post graduate student from Public Health Dentistry Department,MCODS Mangaluru who is a yoga teacher demonstrated asanas starting with Surya Namaskar followed by Trikon asan,Bhujang asana and Sarvanga asan-to name a few. He was accompanied by students in doing the same and talked about the importance of coordinated breathing with the respective poses in the asanas. The day was concluded with a token of appreciation presented to Dr.Avinash by Dr.Rekha T, Dr. Ashita Uppoor and Dr. Mithun Pai and a sense of enlightenment about the benefits of yoga in uniting the body and mind in the staff and students alike.
