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Indian performs shirsasana for 61 minutes in Dubai on Yoga day

An Indian expatriate in Dubai, Ivan Stanley, has created a record of performing shirsasana for 61 minutes in Dubai. Several events were held in the UAE to mark the International Yoga Day on Sunday.

An Indian expatriate in Dubai, Ivan Stanley, 41, has set world record by performing a feat of standing in the headstand position of yoga called 'shirsasana' for 61 minutes at a stretch on the International Yoga Day on Sunday. The day was celebrated in over 175 countries.

Stanley, an advertising professional and Christian bachelor, has been in Dubai and practising yoga for the last 15 years. His achievement is a possible new Guinness World Record. "It feels nice but a little disorienting. Those last five minutes were impossible, perhaps the longest of my life," Stanley said after accomplishing his feat at Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai. He had earlier attempted a 58-minute headstand.

Shirsasana is the word in ancient Indian Sanskrit for headstand which is considered as the 'king' of yoga postures and most difficult to perform.

Several events were held around the UAE to mark the Day. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, attended the functions. The Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi marked the Day with a mass yoga class at the Indian School in Abu Dhabi.

“The [UN] General Assembly has recognised the holistic benefits of this timeless practice and its inherent compatibility with the principles and values of the United Nations,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. He alongwith yogi Sri Sri Ravi Shankar led the Day's celebrations at the UN headquarters in New York.

-June 21, 2015


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