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Online yoga classes for blind people boost mental, physical fitness during pandemic
Accessibility June 23, 2021
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Yoga has amazing physical and mental health benefits for everyone. For visually impaired people, yoga is especially helpful as it builds core strength, reducing the possibility of falls. Online yoga classes for blind people are becoming more popular especially now when people with vision impairments are stuck at home due to the pandemic.
Alok Kaushik, a 46-year-old London-based IT professional, lost his vision in his mid-30s due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP). He was somewhat familiar with yoga, but this was limited to the pranayama, which is the yogic practice of focusing on breath. Kaushik never imagined he could do the rigorous asanas given his vision impairment.
That changed when he discovered the Prana Yoga Therapy Centre’s online yoga classes for blind people. These online classes are the brainchild of Dr Priti Sharma, an Ayurveda practitioner. Like Kaushik, Sharma is also blind due to RP.
