“Yoga for Dancers” Published in India

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CHENNAI, INDIA, May 16, 2002: Do you want to be a healthy dancer? Yoga specialist E.R. Gopalakrishnan’s latest book explaining yoga practice for dancers could guide you to be one. Gopalakrishnan says that the book is a result of his work with dancers over the years. Having worked with his daughter who is student of dance, he has analyzed the dance movements, postures, pressure points, areas of weakness, breathing patterns, manipulation of breath in movements, energy centers and dynamics of weight shifting. He adds that his interaction with dance gurus and students at the residential workshops organized by Natyarangam the last two years helped him understand better the problems faced by dancers. E. R. Gopalakrishnan who now runs Yoga Maiam, a center for yoga studies in Madras, trained under Dr. Nagendra of Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari and T. K. V. Desikachar of Yoga Mandiram, Madras.