Stories
Twenty years of karma yoga.
Camps, classes, competitions and visits since 2008, organised by kind of work and year. Children are shown in groups and named by first name only.
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20205 stories
2020 16 photosHomes & outreachCovid-19 aid reliefDuring the 2020 lockdown, MYS volunteers delivered rice, groceries and essentials to families who had lost their income.
2020 8 photosYoga at schoolsYoga at Batu Caves and Brickfields, 2020Weekly sessions at Batu Caves and yoga for the children of the Sri Murugan tuition class in Brickfields.
2020 6 photosHomes & outreachBack at Anbu Illam, 2020The Sadhana Journey returned to the boys of Anbu Illam in Ulu Klang.
2020 11 photosHomes & outreachMoral support for the children of Myskills FoundationVisits, encouragement and 100 bath towels for the young people of Myskills Foundation.
2020 3 photosHomes & outreachBack to school, 2020Uniforms, shoes and school bags for children from low-income families before the new school year.
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2019 8 photosYoga campsNational Yoga Camp 2019Five days of yogic living for schoolchildren at SJK (T) Saraswathy, Sungai Buloh: girls first, then boys, with Master Manisekaran.
2019 8 photosGatherings & excursionsInternational Day of Yoga 2019, KlangMYS celebrated International Day of Yoga with a community session in Klang.
2019 56 photosYoga at schoolsMy Yoga Sadhana Journey 2019The school camps went further in 2019: Johor, Klang, Tanjung Malim and back to the schools that asked us to return.
2019 24 photosYoga at schoolsWeekly yoga classes, 2019Kindergartens, a refugee school, a temple community and SJKT St. Joseph kept their weekly yoga going through 2019.
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2018 42 photosYoga at schoolsMy Yoga Sadhana Journey 2018One- and two-day yoga camps in schools and children’s homes: thirteen camps and well over a thousand children in 2018.
2018 23 photosYoga at schoolsWeekly yoga classes, 2018Every week MYS volunteer teachers run classes for kindergartens, schools and a temple community.
2018 5 photosHomes & outreachA day at Aquaria KLCCChildren from an underprivileged home spent a day among the sharks and rays at Aquaria KLCC with MYS volunteers.
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2014 4 photosCompetitions & carnivalsMalaysian International Yoga Competition 2014More than 600 participants from Malaysia, India, Singapore, Iran, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Thailand at Kandiah Hall, Brickfields.
2014Homes & outreachKidsCare: standing with families in needFortnightly visits, school transport, tuition and monthly provisions for mothers and children living in hardship.
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2012 7 photosYoga campsGift of love: the 2012 yoga camp for teenagersSeven days, one big first: MYS’s first large camp for teenagers, told by one of the instructors who was there.- 2012Gatherings & excursionsShaktipat Diksha with Master ManisekaranAn initiation in Tamil whose contributions went to teaching yoga in Tamil schools.
2012 4 photosHomes & outreachYoga at the National Sai Convention 2012A yoga session for about 1,200 people in traditional attire, in a very limited space, at Port Dickson.
2012 1 photosYoga at schoolsOne-day yoga awareness at Kajang High SchoolMore than 300 students from Form 3 to Form 6 gathered on the basketball court for a session led by Master Manisekaran.
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2011 1 photosLearn to TeachLearn to Teach, Teach to Learn: November 2011Participants from Iran, Indonesia, Sabah, Sarawak and Kelantan trained at Chap Kuan School and stayed at the Yoga Home.
2011 2 photosYoga HomeA yoga camp at the Yoga Home44 children from a Sungai Buloh primary school ended their year of weekly yoga with a day at the Yoga Home in Batu Arang.
2011 1 photosCompetitions & carnivalsVegetarian Food Carnival 2011More than 2,000 visitors ate their way to charity on Malaysia Day at La Salle School, Brickfields.
2011 1 photosYoga at schoolsWeekly yoga at SJK (T) KajangNinety pupils from Years 4 to 6 began each Friday with yoga, and their teachers saw calmer, more attentive classes.
2011 1 photosYoga at schoolsThirteen boys at Kajang High SchoolA Form 5 class that had stopped responding found a new respect for school after weekly yoga lessons.
2011 1 photosYoga at schoolsMorning yoga at SJK (T) Saraswathy, Sungai BulohStandard 3 and 4 pupils practised their five favourite asanas for a yoga competition, and a teacher describes what changed.
2011 1 photosLearn to TeachLearn to Teach, Teach to Learn: May 2011Seventy teachers, volunteers and caregivers from as far as Sabah and Sarawak trained as Level 1 yoga instructors, free.
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2010 1 photosLearn to TeachLearn to Teach, Teach to Learn: November 2010A free seven-day course that gave poor students and abused women the training and certificate to run their own yoga classes.- 2010Competitions & carnivalsYoga Competition & Carnival 2010Malaysia’s largest yoga competition at the time: 348 participants aged 4 to 79, raising funds for MYS projects and a children’s home.
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2008Yoga HomeHoliday camp at the Yoga HomeYoung flat-dwellers from Desa Mentari swapped the city for space, nature and cows on country roads.
2008 1 photosGatherings & excursionsFireflies excursionTwenty underprivileged children saw the fireflies of Kuala Selangor for the first time.
2008 1 photosGatherings & excursionsChar Dham Yatra: thoughts from the HimalayasIn May 2008, 44 MYS yogis set off on a pilgrimage to the four sacred places of the Himalayas. These are their words.
2008 1 photosGatherings & excursionsThe dark caves diariesKriya yoga in the pitch-black silence of the Dark Caves at Batu Caves.
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2 photosYoga at schoolsLaying a firm foundation in BantingOver 300 pupils at two Tamil primary schools in Banting stretched, twisted and laughed through their first yoga session with MYS.
5 photosHomes & outreachA morning at Rumah Kanak-Kanak W.P., KepongThe Yoga Sharing group brought joint exercises, balancing poses, mandala drawing and lunch to an orphanage in Kepong.
28 photosGatherings & excursionsThe MYS reunionVolunteers, teachers and friends of MYS came together for a reunion: kundalini kriya, a shared vegetarian feast and a cake.