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YOGA IN GULF COUNTRIES

Gulf is the Oil rich Muslim nations of the Asian continent. Normally the thinking which comes in our mind is, is it possible to teach yoga in religious countries…? But after four years of teaching yoga in gulf I clearly understood that yoga is beyond the barrier of region and religion. It’s a way of life. Every human being has to follow it, and started to follow it. I am teaching Yoga in Abu Dhabi, which is the Capital of United Arab Emirates. Same like other gulf countries UAE is also filled with expatriates. Eighty percent of the countries population is filled with other nationalities, out of them most being Indians. Each countries people have different mentality, prospectus about yoga. Americans and some Europeans want yoga with most stretching’s, where as Indians and some other nationalities prefer slow poses with breathings and meditation. So it’s a challenge to teach all mentality people in a group. In Gulf nations religious things are more sensitive, so normally whil