22 May

Aditya Tawatia – Spearheading The World’s Health Conversation

As dynamic an entrepreneur as he is a philanthropist, Aditya Tawatia is the founder and director of Yoga & Health Expo Foundation – the non-profit organization working towards healthy eating and well-being lifestyle.

A successful personality in each one of his endeavors, Aditya is renowned in the media, health, and community service landscape. Currently titled as the President of the Indo Canada Global Forum, BC, he is considered to be an industry innovator for bridging relations between India and Canada over the past decade.

The entrepreneur has always been inspired by his father’s ideologies that he continues to put in motion in all his ventures even today. From being the publisher of Canada’s oldest ethic English newspaper “The Link” that is today well-renowned across the country’s stations to paving way for a healthy organic lifestyle platform with Yoga & Health Expo Foundation, Aditya rightfully redefines what it means to be a true visionary.

HEALTHY BEGINNINGS: International Yoga Festival Vancouver

Established with the aim to enhance health, happiness, knowledge, and peace in life through a holistic approach to life, Yoga & Health Expo is Aditya’s non-profit organization based in Vancouver, Canada, that celebrates healthy food and joyful living. Through Yoga, Veganism, Local for Vocal, going Organic, and Meditation, he believes in the necessity of saving our Environment and giving back to the community earnestly.

Be it highlighting the importance of vegan food and products or building a Yogic way of life through yoga classes, instructors, and practices, he is most passionate about spearheading the motto of clean and green eating for a better future for the world.

An avid wellness enthusiast himself, he advocates for ‘Oneness’ which he grew up admiring in his own  Indian household. He believes in bringing the values of peace and harmony of Indian culture to the rest of the world through healthy and organic eating. “My real passion lies in forging a strong link between the country of my birth, India, and the country of my living, Canada.” he shares.

LOOKING TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE

The Yoga Festival & Health Expo is an annual affair that aims for an environment-friendly, clean and healthy lifestyle for everyone around the world. The festival has witnessed seven expos since 2015 – all of which have fared most successfully. The event will now be making its comeback with the 8th Yoga Festival & Health Expo this 19th of June 2022 in Vancouver.

As always, Aditya today too aims to unlock the true potential of a healthy lifestyle and an even healthier planet if only we choose to eat right.

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14 May

Yoga & Holistic Wellbeing: Road To A Healthy And Happy Lifestyle

In our ever-bustling never-resting state of mind, the International Yoga Festival & Health Expo aims to bring focus on healthy eating and bring oneself closer to the pursuit of positivity in one’s body and mind. Here’s how we at Yoga & Health Expo believe in bridging the gap between health and happiness, holistically.

Established in Vancouver, Canada, the Yoga & Health Expo is a one-day festival celebrating the joys of good wellbeing while enhancing health, happiness, knowledge, and peace in life through a holistic approach to the Yogic way of life including Yoga, Veganism, and Vegetarianism in our lifestyle. Hosted both physically and virtually since 2015, the celebration welcomes famous yoga instructors, a platform for health-conscious brands and retailers, and stalwarts from the walks of wellness, health, veganism, vegetarianism, and organic living.

Following a successful streak of seven expos since 2015, we are all set and excited to make our comeback with the 8th Yoga Festival & Health Expo this 19th of June 2022. Aiming for an environment-friendly, clean, and healthy lifestyle through food, the Expo shall witness yet another gathering in celebration of good health and good food.

Our Founder and President – Aditya Tawatia

With his belief in the essence of a community and giving back to it earnestly, Aditya Tawatia is the man behind Yoga & Health Expo. One of the most accomplished businessmen in recent times, he hopes to enhance health, happiness, knowledge, and peace in daily life through a holistic approach following the four cores of the brand.

An avid advocate for ‘Oneness’ which he grew up admiring in his Indian household, he believes in bringing those same values of peace and harmony of Indian culture to the rest of the world through healthy and organic eating. Hence was borne Yoga & Health Expo.

OUR FOUR CORES: Yoga, Meditation, Veganism, and Vocal For Local

Yoga: The oldest form of attaining wellbeing through the amalgamation of mental, physical, and spiritual disciplines. We at Yoga & Health Expo honor its ancient wisdom with interesting yoga sessions, conversations with instructors, and a healthy dose of motivation to practice it on daily basis for good wellbeing.

Meditation: Meditation has been long proven to combat many physical and mental health issues, and we encompass this exercise in all our activities to increase focus, reduce anxiety, and ground our minds to the present.

Veganism: Healthy, do-able, and well within everyone’s reach, going vegan is not just for trends and can be opted as a definite lifestyle option – this is what we hope to bring to the table for clean eating.

Vocal for Local: Supporting small businesses pertaining to fresh local produce makes a difference, and we at Yoga & Health Expo believe in harnessing the power of the right nutrition to make everyone’s journey to wellness happier.

OUR PAST VENTURES

Celebrating the power of good health and wellbeing every year, our previous excursions have witnessed the health industry’s most coveted participation in our interactive yoga sessions, mindfulness activities, and sparked interesting conversations on holistic and eco-friendly wellbeing. Our Expo highlights the sanctity of leading a clean and green organic eating and the natural way of life.

Emerging strong against the pandemic, our 7th Virtual Yoga Festival & Health Expo 2021 was a resounding success with speakers Rachel Beau – Creator & CEO (PARTY STAR) of Rock’n’Beau Entertainment; Marlene Watson-Tara – long-time vegan, activist and human ecology enthusiast; Bill Tara – co-founder of Sunwheel Natural Foods in London, England; Dr. Matthew Nagra – Naturopathic Doctor, and many more experts guiding our guests on living in accordance with nature’s laws.

For more information on our upcoming International Yoga Festival & Health Expo, please visit: https://yogahealthfoundation.com/.

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04 Feb

IMPORTANCE OF YOGA

Yoga embraces all

To hear of Yoga is a blessing. To absorb and align with it,  even more so. The Yogic and Indian ethos springs from its meaning which means union or yoking of body, emotion and mind with the universe. This expansive thinking beyond race , age or net worth towards refinement of the human being , Self discovery and realisation is what Yoga is about. It is about building humane compassionate beings who can with their very presence bring in fairness, vision and bliss to the endeavours they are involved in and uplift everyone. From such individuals spring conscious communities, organisations and countries.

What one of the Yogic texts speaks of

The Bagwat Gita , an ancient Indian text on conscious living, describes yoga as Excellence in action. This excellence is defined not only as skillfully doing ones job, but having ones heart in it, without getting attached to the fruits.  This does not mean that one does not get something in exchange. However the sole motivation is not the exchange alone. Excellence comes from believing in what one does and knowing it needs to be done for the greater good of all and for cosmic order to fall into place. This extra mile ,one will go to if one has a Yogic attitude. The text also speaks of moderation and not overeating, not having too much recreation, overworking or oversleeping as well. Like this many attitudes are impressed upon on the yogic practitioner and it focuses on healing and harmonising the body, emotions and mind with the infinite.

Wealth of other Yogic Texts and importance of having a life guide who re-parents ones inner child

Just like the Bagvat Gita there are many other texts like the yoga sutras, yoga vashishta, vedas, upanishads, viveka chudamani agamas, puranas, tantras  that speak of these beautiful life principles for uplifting oneself as well as humanity. However the most important aspect in the Yogic culture is studying with a guide, acharya /guru dedicated to these principles rather than getting stuck to just information or bookish knowledge as much as they can point in the right direction. Then one starts imbibing it and living it and it becomes real rather than just remaining on the intellectual level. That is why in the Indian tradition the guru becomes like a spiritual parent, not just a public speaker. Then on becoming a spiritual adult (not related to ones age) the student or one being re-parented is ready to tune into one’s own inner guru and the realisation happens. The practitioner becomes strong in re-parenting and guiding himself towards a more evolved state.  In yoga it is not just an intellectualisation or memorising and speaking about principles but an internalisation and embodiment of it that is the focus.  Guru = dispeller of darkness , Yoga Acharya, fem: Acharini – One who acts in alignment with the Yogic ethos. One who has a grander vision of life

India is unique in having an uninterrupted stream of spiritual researchers

The sages, rishis, maha gurus or ancient researchers as I would like to refer to them have refined themselves and tuned into these principles from the universal vibrations. There is an uninterrupted stream of these Indian life scientists and artists who researched life for over 20,000 years. Each yuga or time period in Indian history has had great teachers, philosophers, researchers of life and texts to explain righteous living. These teachings infiltrated many other countries.

Yoga impacts all and enhances all

Yoga is this marvellous life science that works on individual, family, group ,organisation as well as societal levels. We will see the effect trickle into every area of our life as well as those around us. As we become more conscious through the Yogic practices and principles we cannot but let go of those things that harm us, others or society. We cannot but embrace all of life and enhance it.

Yoga, a path of conscious choices for a kinder world with less violence

That is why those on the yoga path will start making conscious choices about everything they do , feel or think. To start with they are aware of the food they eat , how it is procured and what impact it has on their consciousness. Has the animal been tormented?, is it good for the environment and other pertinent questions will be asked. One will not mindlessly eat what is dished out to them. Similarly one questions one’s lifestyle and other emotional and thought habits. We fathom we are part of a collective whole and therefore healthy and uplifting choices come naturally to those on a yoga path.  Similarly in relationships emotions are acknowledged and channelized. Organisations also benefit from this Emotional intelligence as they have individuals who think out of the box and believe in win win win situations, building a solid foundation for their teams and organisation.

Building not just IQ but EQ, SQ and BQ

I have trained many working for corporations in Self Mastery and stress management and see that they benefit tremendously by learning tools to reprogram the sub-conscious mind and tap into the intelligent design. The benefits start with conscious bodies that can self correct postural imbalances to building Emotional Quotient , Spiritual Quotient and most importantly tuning into the Bliss quotient (coined by Maitreyi to indicate not just happiness but the capacity to tune into a universal vibration of bliss). Then more conscious organisations are built who can contribute to society and heal the environment as they are tuned into this more expansive perspective of life rather than just a limited view of profits.

Yoga clears away the debris to allow the persons divinity to shine through

Yoga is not an exercise regime but a great art and science of dancing your highest potential into being.

Let us build humans who are humane, who build organisations and societies with the same ethos.

So we invite individuals as well as organisations to join us in this event to rise to your most magnificent selves. Be part of the third World Yoga Day on the 17th June 2017 and grow in Abundance and Grace.

Yogacharini Maitreyi is a practical mystic who trains Arkaya yoga teachers& healers and creates conscious community around the world.  She also runs a foundation for children living in slums in Chennai. She is in Vancouver in the summer to train Arkaya Yoga teachers and guide them on a path of self awareness , classical yogic principles, sattvic tantra and multidimentional healing. Next TT starts in July 2017.

E-mail: maitreyi9@hotmail.com; www.arkaya.net

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