Yogi Haider
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.[1][2] Haider belongs to Pakistan's Punjab province. He has been teaching yoga since 1994.[3] 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 and Ghulam Mustafa Khar.[4] Haider gives free public training. Haider's says that his ambition is to emulate Ramdev Baba and popularise yoga amongst Pakistanis.[5] Haider has been called as the face of yoga in Pakistan.[6] He as been described as coming across as an Indian yogi, simple, peaceful and confident.[7]
Controversy
Haider's workshop was attacked by "hard-liners" in Lahore for being a part of Hindu culture. A yoga centre belonging to one of Haider's associates was subject to arson and completely destroyed.[5]
References
- ↑ "Interference in ecosystem aggravates an epidemic". Dawn. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ Bajwa, Harpreet (2015-05-24). "Asanas Bind Neighbours Together as Lone Pakistani Yoga Master Teaches the Art". The Sunday Standard (Indian Express Group). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "A ‘CAMAL’ project in education". Dawn. 2011-04-10. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ Anas, Mohammad (2015-06-15). "Yoga becomes popular in Pak". Sunday Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Madhavan, Deepu (2015-06-15). "Pakistan's Baba Ramdev Shamshad Haider Says Yoga Began In Pakistan, Chants 'Allah Hoo' Instead Of 'Om' During Asanas". Indiatimes. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Yoga in Pakistan: Meet Pakistan's Baba Ramdev-Yogi Haider". newsnation.in (News Nation). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "पाकिस्तान में छाया योग दिवस का क्रेज, मुस्लिमों को नहीं ऐतराज". patrika.com (in Hindi) (Rajasthan Patrika). 2015-06-15. Retrieved 24 June 2015.