Heartfulness Institute to set up ‘PV Sindhu Badminton Academy and Stadium’ - a state of art of badminton stadium and training centre at Omega School in Chennai
- The upcoming facility is expected to be ready in the next 18-24 months and will be a landmark that matches the best in the world.
Chennai, 19th
February 2020: With the laying of the foundation stone by Ace Badminton player Ms.PV Sindhu, Heartfulness
Institute unveiled its plans of
setting up a State or Art
Badminton facility, which will be named as PV Sindhu Badminton Academy and
Stadium.
The facility will be
located at Omega International school, Kolapakkam Chennai and is open to
students from the school as well as those interested in pursuing badminton as a
sport. The academy will have over eight
courts that will be built with the best of the materials comparable to
courts that host Olympics and world championships, and a viewing gallery to
seat 1000 plus audience , a gym and physio centre and most importantly an area
marked for practising meditation and yoga.
Commenting on the
development,Kamlesh Patel also called as Daaji, The Guide of Heartfulness said, “ as
Heartfulness continues to touch increasing number of people each day we get to
hear real life stories on how transformational the impact of Heartfulness is on
each one’s ability to enhance their quality of lives, skills and wellness.
Hearing PV Sindhu’s experience of how the practise of Heartfulness elevated her
game motivated us to think in the direction of setting up this academy. Not
only will this encourage and grow the talent in the sports but those interested
in pursuing the sport will get the Heartfulness edge.”
Commenting on the
occasion Ms. PV Sindhu said,“I am honoured to have this facility named
after me. Pursuing a sport is much needed for all round development of an
individual. At competitive levels it is very challenging, and sportspersons
need to remain fit not just physically but also emotionally and mentally. It’s
not enough to be able to regain the centre in the court after every shot, but
it’s more important to remain centred in the mind irrespective of what is
happening around. This is the real game changer. The experience of Heartfulness
meditation over last one year has brought a tremendous difference to my abilities
to remain focused in the moment.”
PV Sindhu embraced
Heartfulness with the encouragement of her grandmother since last year and has
been regularly practising meditation. She thanked Daaji for his support and
blessing and said that her believe and practise of Heartfulness meditation has
helped her become mentally stronger and calmer and that everyone should also
practise regularly in her recent address to the 30000 strong audience at the
75th anniversary of Heartfulness Institute and inaugural of the World’s Largest
Meditation Centre at Kanha Shantivanam in Hyderabad.
As the global
headquarters of Heartfulness Institute, Kanha Shantivanam is attracting lakhs
of practitioners across the globe each year and has recently seen the visits of
President of India and Baba Ramdev and
over 1.20 lakh visitors over a period of Jan 28th to Feb 9th 2020 as part of the
75th year celebrations. The 1400-acre pristine Kanha Shantivanam along with Iconic
meditation centre has evolved into an epicentre for human transformation. This
once barren, rocky, dry and drought prone area is today a green oasis with half
million trees, many of which are rare and red-listed, nurtured to create a
microclimate in the region. It is a completely self-sufficient and sustainable
ecosystem designed for highest quality of habitation be it human, flora or
fauna.
Sport of Badminton Gets
a Boost
The badminton centre
will have a host of world class trainers to train the players these include
badminton coaches such as PV Sindhu, physical endurance and health trainers,
Heartfulness meditation and yoga experts who will help deal with and strengthen
the emotional and mental aspects of the player to help with peak performance.
“The sport of badminton
will get a tremendous boost and encouragement with this facility that will not
only train players but has plans to bring in national and international
tournaments”,PV Sindhu added.
Various studies have
shown that Heartfulness meditation helps practitioners with in improvement of
sleep, empathy, gratitude, motivation levels, remain calm and focused, better
decision making amongst other attributes that contribute to improving our
overall quality of life and creating a
better impact with our efforts.
Various sportspersons
have endorsed the positive impact of meditation on their ability perform in the
game they pursue. Recently ‘Hitman’ Rohit Sharma embraced Heartfulness and
during his visit to the global headquarters of Heartfulness and laid the foundation stone for an
International Cricket stadium that is named after him.
About
Heartfulness: Heartfulness (www.heartfulness.org), is a Raja
Yoga system of meditation, which is also known as ‘Sahaj Marg’, or the ‘Natural
Path’. It originated at the turn of the twentieth century and was formalized
with the founding of the Shri Ram Chandra Mission in 1945 in India. With
several million practitioners worldwide, Heartfulness meditation is a set of
practices for self-development that help us find inner calm and stillness in
our fast-paced world. The easily adopted practices are appropriate for people
from all walks of life, cultures, religious beliefs and economic status, over
the age of fifteen. Ongoing Heartfulness meditation training can be found at
thousands of schools and colleges, and over 100,000 professionals are
meditating in corporations, non-governmental and government bodies worldwide.
More than 5000 Heartfulness Centres, known as HeartSpots, are supported by many
thousands of certified volunteer trainers in 130 countries.
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