The Reception of Yoga in the West
Yoga originated thousands of years ago in India as a physical, mental and spiritual practice based on ancient Vedic philosophy, and is connected to Ayurveda, the traditional Indian medicine. Throughout the 20th century, recognition of yoga has increased beyond the borders of India, and it has become popular throughout the world as a system to improve well-being and health. While modern yoga often focuses on physical postures and is conceived as a type of exercise, its practice often incorporates one or more spiritual or mental elements that are traditionally part of yoga, such as relaxation, concentration or meditation. For this reason, yoga is considered an exercise of body and mind.
The Instituto Cervantes in New Delhi is organizing a talk on the reception of yoga in the West by Master Angel Anant Singh, an Argentine of Indian origin, where he will share his experiences of this discipline in the Western world. He will also emphasize how this ancient discipline helps inspire people to awaken consciousness towards an internal transformation.
About Master Angel Anant Singh
Initiated at the age of fourteen by his Guru from India in the practice of yoga, Master Angel Anant Singh has been teaching this discipline for more than 40 years. He was born on March 18, 1966 in Tucumán, northern Argentina, and since his adolescence he had a strong inclination towards the practice, research and dissemination of Indian spirituality, impregnated in his genes by his ancestors who arrived in Argentina in the middle of the last century.
Throughout his career, he has given lectures and workshops in Argentina and other countries, and created the School of Transcendence, the Yoga and Plenitude of Life Foundation and the Ashrham Prem Surya, located in an imposing natural setting in his province, where he constantly imparts training for the practice of Hatha Yoga, Pranayamas, Kundalini Yoga and Vipassana Meditation.
On his many trips to India he has been with different gurus and yoga leaders, in Rishikesh and Vrindavan. This year, for the first time, he will make a pilgrimage to the sacred temples of Gangotri and Kedarnath in the Himalayas with a group of practitioners.
He is the author of the book “I Feel Good…I Practice Yoga” which teaches the basics of Hatha Yoga in a simple way and inspires thousands of practitioners with his message: “May Love and Peace be a constant in your life.”
He is currently president of the Yoga and Plenitude of Life Foundation, which aims to improve people’s quality of life by spreading the kind of tools that yoga gives us to unite with this Universe and be happy.
