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Yoga for weight loss and relaxation By Yogi Haider (Capstone Islamabad)
Yogi Haider born Shamshad Haider is a yoga teacher living in Pakistan. He is the founder of Yoga Pakistan and Way of Nature through which he teaches yoga and meditation. He studied yoga in Burma, Tibet, Nepal and India, including from S. N. Goenka. Haider belongs to Pakistan's Punjab province. He has been teaching yoga since 1994. His organisation teaches yoga to over 10,000 students in Islamabad, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore. His students include Pakistani politicians such as Qaim Ali Shah (Chief Minister of Sindh) and Ghulam Mustafa Khar (former Governor of Punjab). Haider gives free public training. Haider says that his ambition is to emulate Ramdev Baba and popularise yoga amongst Pakistanis. Haider has been called as the face of yoga in Pakistan. He has been described coming across as an Indian yogi, simple, peaceful and confident. He speaks English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Arabic and Nepalese.
Contents
- Yoga for weight loss and relaxation By Yogi Haider Capstone Islamabad
- Yoga for anti ageing happy life by yogi Haider Ayub Park Rawalpindi
- Controversy
- References
Yoga for anti ageing & happy life by yogi Haider (Ayub Park Rawalpindi)
Controversy
Haider's workshop in Lahore was attacked by Islamists for being a part of Hindu culture. A yoga centre belonging to one of Haider's associates was subject to arson and completely destroyed.
