The day 2 of the Reciprocity fest 2018 at Kalakshetra foundation started with a yoga class, origami workshop for children along with the Fooya health champion games. Scroll down for highlights!

Yoga for All:

The Yoga workshop of the Reciprocity fest happened around 11 am at the Kalakshetra Foundation under a Banyan tree, which was attended by 15 people.

Day 2 of #reciprocityfest2018 starts with yoga classes under the banyan tree with Mrs Karthiyayini !
Come join her @kalakshetrafdn today @reciprocityfest ! pic.twitter.com/wQF8T3LnQc

— Reciprocity Fest (@reciprocityfest) February 11, 2018

She said that the primary benefits of today’s workshop was that she made them use props while performing different Yoga postures.

Katyayini Reddy, a yoga instructor who teaches at @iitmadras and also at her studio tells us about the benefits of today’s workshop at @reciprocityfest pic.twitter.com/vUkT9R0BMM

— Reciprocity Fest (@reciprocityfest) February 11, 2018

She also emphasized on the fact that Yoga helped improve the alignment and flexibility of the body and more youngsters were joining these workshops.

Where old newspaper turns into art:

An origami workshop happened at the Sustainable Health Centre on the second day of the Reciprocity fest at the Kalakshetra Foundation, where eight children between 5-15 years of age learnt about making different shapes and figures from paper.

While the adults relax with a little yoga time, the children try their hands at origami @reciprocityfest.
Come off here to make art out of old newspapers!#loveyourearth #reciprocityfest2018 pic.twitter.com/7l26cizrSO

— Reciprocity Fest (@reciprocityfest) February 11, 2018

The workshop emphasized the need to remain artistically creative especially when the children these days usually remain engaged with electronic gadgets.

Meditate for joy and peace:

Around 20 youngsters attended a meditation workshop on the second day of the Reciprocity fest at the Kalakshetra Foundation. It was conducted by the Heartfulness Institute, a non-profit organisation with over 50,000 volunteers.

The people at the workshop expressed that they were curious about curious about meditation and wanted to experience greater emotion stability.

The heart fullness institute’s medication session in progress @reciprocityfest. The session will be focusing on relieving stress and creating holistic individuals pic.twitter.com/2bsQtxRArT

— Reciprocity Fest (@reciprocityfest) February 11, 2018

The instructor explained that usually people come to these workshops to find a sense of balance.

He also explained that meditation was effortless focus on one thing for a period of time. He also talked about being balanced and calm for optimal performance.