Drawn to the beauty of Yoga, Appam Bhaskar has mastered about 3,000 asanas (postures) and has dedicated his life to propagating it.
“You can perform yoga to keep yourself fit even at an advanced age unlike the modern-day aerobics,” he says, speaking to The Hindu . Born in 1972 in Girmajipet, Warangal city, Mr. Bhaskar gave up his studies after school and took up learning and teaching yoga full time.
Beginning with 30 asanas taught by his teacher Kota Manikyam, he went on to master 3,000 asanas. “Most people draw inspiration when I exhibit very difficult postures with great ease. But there is no secret in it. Anyone can do these asanas with some practice,” he explained. At present, he teaches at two schools besides teaching people of all ages privately. According to him, the popular misconception among people is that they cannot take up yoga as they do not have enough time. They think it is time consuming which in reality is not. “There is no hard and fast rule that you should do yoga for certain time. It can be done in five minutes to one hour depending on your interest and time,” Mr. Bhaskar explains. Yoga, an ancient form of physical exercise, helps activate every part of the body. It gives a fine balance to the body and improves concentration levels greatly, the yoga teacher says. There is a great awareness and patronage to yoga in countries like USA, Spain, Italy and others. However, only few know the importance here. Yoga helps keep the body fit and prevents many diseases. People would rather go to hospital than spend a few minutes on yoga to avoid diseases, he laments.
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