Indian Women Cricket – Yoga

In the year 2005, I was appointed by the Tamilnadu Cricket Association(TNCA) as the yoga coach of the Tamilnadu men team, the South Zone Cricket academy and for the Indian Women Cricket Academy. For the next seven years I was invited to introduce yoga to cricketers from the under 13 to men level.

Initially I was apprehensive about the way in which these cream of youngsters would receive yoga. When Satyananda Yoga was introduced to them in a systematic way, they not only received it very well, many of them have become regular practitioners of Yoga!

In 2005 the Indian Women Cricket team, captained by Anu and the coach of the team was Sudha fromer Indian skipper, attended a month long training camp in Sri Ramachandra University campus. I was asked to give them yoga classes.

Mithali Raj and several other girls who are in the forefront today were young blood and were having great potential, yet needed to develop self confidence. Satyananda Yoga practices were introduced to the team in a systematic manner according to the needs of sports persons.

Girls were very keen to learn the practices, and could immediately perceive the inner strength they were able to feel. This experience reassured to me that, if yoga is given to youngsters in the appropriate and interesting manner, they will not only receive it, but they will definitely implement it in their lives.

I take this opportunity to appreciate the Tamilnadu Cricket Association (TNCA) and its organizers for thoughtfully providing the yogic inputs to the cricketing fraternity.

Youngsters are in the look out for their strengths and uniqueness! They are in the search for their success path, if yoga can be brought into their lives when they are young, that would be the greatest asset that as a society we can give to them.