New Delhi: With body, mind and soul in
unison, over 800 performers gave a stunning performance of
Yoga forming the shape of a sun using most difficult 'asans'
(postures) at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on Sunday.
In a seven-and-a-half minute performance, 816 Yoga
experts did a 'Suryanmaskar', a series of yoga postures done
in salutation to the sun.
Dramatically changing the choreography, the performers
began to spiral to depict 'kundalini' or the coiled energy, an
instinctive force that lies at the base of the spine.
This coiled energy gave rise to the gigantic installation
of a person in the 'Padma Asana' -- the lotus pose.
From within this rose the seven chakras, the seven energy
points of the human body thus creating the final picture.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, October 03, 2010, 21:48