S.Vaishanavi, a grade 10 student of Park Global School has been bringing laurels to Coimbatore as well as India by bagging various prizes at national and international level yoga championships. She has been learning the art of yoga since the age of 9 from, her master being Raman Lakshmanan. She leaves everyone stunned with her knack for the art at such a tender age.
She recently won 1st Prize and two gold medals in a yoga competition and overall championship in Asia Level Yoga Competition held at Thailand.The competition had more than 150 students from different countries and was held on the 13th and 14th of May. There were totally 15 students from India in the junior category (13-15 years) and Vaishnavi secured the 1st place and the overall championship.
She has won various tournaments like the All-District Level Yoga Competition, the overall championship in National Level Yoga Competition held at Gujrat, Cochin and Banglore and overall championship in National Level Yoga Competition held at Andaman, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. She has staged more than 1000 performances and has received more than 200 gold medals.
Apart from the medals, she has been awarded various titles such as Yoga Rani, Yoga Natchatra and Young Achiever from the Indian Yoga Association and Government of Tamil Nadu. She was also conferred with Yoga Kalaimamani Award from a 100-year-old government school in Pathamadai, Tirunelveli District. In September 2016 she won the yoga championship in the 3rd commonwealth yoga competition held at Thailand. She also set records for performing 596 asanas in 30 minutes at Chennai, 47 asanas in 1 minute for Indian Book of Records, 64 asanas in 1 minute for Asian Book of World Records.
Vaishnavi, while speaking to SimpliCity shared that, “I have been doing Yoga since I was in 5th Standard. Though I have won various competitions and championships, my aim is to see my name in the Guinness Book of Records and Limca World Records. I always wanted to win a gold medal in the Olympics, but sadly Yoga is not included as a sport in the Olympics. I will fulfil my dream of winning a gold medal by performing gymnastics instead and I am working towards that. My school has been very supportive and is always motivating me to do more. The management is sponsoring my studies and gymastics training. I am able to balance my studies and yoga due to the support of my school and management.”
Anusha Ravi, CEO of Park Global School shared that “Yoga has been recognised at a global level and displays the strength of our country. It is amazing to see students coming from overseas, insisting on including yoga to their curriculum as they are so keen to learn the art form. Yoga practice plays a very important role in leading a healthy and disciplined life. We feel very proud that a student of Park Global School has reached soaring heights in the field of Yoga. We make sure that Vaishnavi does not miss out at her studies when she is participating in various tournaments by organizing special coaching for her. We also accommodate her according to her schedule. Her aim is to win gold medal at the Olympics but as Yoga is not included in Olympics we are providing her training in gymnastics so that she can fulfil her dream.”
“I feel proud of my daughter and I want her scale more heights. I have always have been of the opinion that a person is not remembered for his/her academics but for their achievements. It is only the achievements that will speak. The support from the school has been tremendous and we hope that she is able to win a gold medal at the Olympics” said her father and pillar of support, Saravanan.
SimpliCity congratulates this young yoga ace and hopes she strikes gold!