This document summarizes the 40 year journey of Ghantali Mitra Mandal in applying yoga principles across various fields. It started in 1971 with two daily yoga classes and has since expanded to numerous projects applying yoga for stress management, jail inmates, the disabled, underprivileged groups, education, and healthcare. Notable projects include yoga therapy conferences and research, certificate courses, camps for height increase, diabetes prevention, and anxiety reduction. The organization aims to further integrate yoga, medicine, and technology for therapeutic applications.

1. GHANTALI MITRA MANDAL
APPLIED YOGA
JOURNEY OF 4 DECADES . . . . .
From
door to door and
from shore to shore

2. APPLIED YOGA
• YOGA SHOULD NOT REMAIN MERELY A
THOUGHT MOVEMENT, IT SHOUL BE MADE
SOCIALLY RELEVANT – SWAMI VIVEKANAND
• MAKING YOGA SOCIALLY RELEVANT MEANS
APPLIED YOGA
• IT SHOULD INITIALLY BE “SELF RELEVANT”
THEREBY BRINGING DESIRED CHANGES IN
OUR OWN BEHAVIOURAL PATTERN
• YOGIC PRINCIPLES PERCOLATING IN OUR LIFE
MEANS APPLIED YOGA

3. FIELDS OF APPLICATION OF YOGA
• Yoga for General Public & Masses
• Yoga for Unraveling the Hidden Potential of
Human Beings
• Yoga in Education
• Yoga for Stress Management
• Yoga for Corporate Sector
• Yoga for Differently Abled people
• Yoga for Socially Deprived: orphans, drug addicts
• Yoga for Sports, Music, Dance etc.

4. APPLIED YOGA – BASIC PRINCIPLES
1. Annamaya
2. Pranamaya
3. Manomaya
4. Vidnayanmaya
5. Anandmaya
PANCHA
KOSHA
1 2 3 4 5

5. GMM – JOURNEY - HOW IT STARTED
• Yogacharya K.B. Sahastrabudhe sparked the
flame
• He got a committed disciple like Shrikrishna
Vyavahare of Ghantali Mitra Mandal
• Initially started classes only on Sunday of 2
batches, with duration of 3 months
• Bedekar Vidya Mandir was the venue
• The dawn in 1971 had lot of happenings in its
womb

6. 1971 to 1980
• Daily classes was a dream . . . . .
• Likeminded and committed 3 – 4 colleagues was
the strength of Anna Vyavahare
• A unique opportunity to apply power of Yoga on
jail inmates knocked the doors . . . .
• No surprise, it was grabbed to start the first ever
project “Yoga for Jail Inmates”
• Certificate course of 3 months started IN 1976
• 13 life imprisonment inmates successfully
completed the course – became Teachers
• SWAMI SATYANAND crowned Anna as -
YOGACHARYA in 1978

7. Project Yoga for Jail Inmates

8. YOGA CONVENTION - 1978
• Spreading Yoga conceptually – Prabodhan
• First All India Yoga Convention was organised
in 1978 at Thane for 4 days
• It was attended by more than 3100 delegates
• Swami Satyananda Saraswati was the centre
of attraction for all
• Mesmerised the audience with lucid and
simple discourses
• Dhyana and Yoganidra was an experience for
all

9. Yoga Convention - 1978

10. Decade 1971 - 1980
• The decade ended with a Dream come True
• Thane Municipal Corporation unanimously passed
resolution to give rehersal room of Gadkari Rangaytan
to Ghantali Mitra Mandal
• In October 1980 first batch of Daily Yoga Sanskaras
started at Rangaytan
• Each batch starts on first Monday of every month and
continues for 4 weeks
• This centre is a mark of pride for us as till date more
than 15000 Thaneits have attended the daily classes
• Conducted class in Nepal for then Prime Minister &
general public

11. SADHANA IN NEPAL

12. DECADE 1981 - 1990
• Organised 2nd All India Yoga Convention in Dec. 1982 for 4
days, Attended by more than 2200 Thaneits
• Morarji Desai & Vijay Merchant guest of honor
• First time Jail Inmates were presented in public
• Special summer yoga camps Vasantik Yoga Sanskara
organised at different corners of Thane & Ghatkopar
• Crossed boundaries of Thana in 1989 with Daily Yoga Sanskra
classes in Ghatkopar
• In last 27 years more than 15000 people have taken
advantage of the same
• One day Seminar for School Education organised in 1988, it
gave us entry in sensitive area of student psychology
• Yogacharya’s project “Yoga for Jail Inmates” honoured with
Silver Medal at Bangkok Yoga Conference

13. DECADE 1981 - 1990
• Yogacharya Vyavahare wrote Anandyoga in 1983
• Project for concentration & memory increasing – Medha
Sanskra started in 1985 ( an all time need)
• Book on the subject published in 1987
• Till today more than 260 classes of Medha Sanskra are
organised benefiting more than 70000 students of 10th &
12th standard
• The project is tested on parameters proving its absolute
utility
• Yoga Sanskra classes for badminton players gave very
good results
• Myself gave speech on “Yoga for Youth” in 1990 at Barshi
Yoga Conference
• On the same topic, group of 5 young Yoga Teachers was
interviewed on Doordarshan

14. Yoga Convention 1982

15. Medha Sanskara

16. DECADE 1991 - 2000
• We entered in own premises Sahayoga Mandir in 1993
• Started evening batches for women on daily basis
• Organised Obesity Control project giving more than
expected results
• One more ambitious project under guidance of Dr. Panse
for height increasing started and continuing till date in
April & May on yearly basis for two different age groups
• Yoga Education Certificate & Diploma courses on daily
basis started in 1995, with total duration of 10 months
with one month internship
• Three day Yoga Conference of Yoga Teachers from all over
Maharashtra organised in November 2000

17. DECADE 1991 - 2000
• Shifted focus on Therapy along with prevention
• One day Yoga Therapy Conference organised in 1992 and
two day in 1995 under special guidance of Dr. Nagendra
from Banglore
• Started own monthly publication Yoga Tarang in 1993
• Started one week Relaxation Camps giving superb results
• Camp for fire fighters from TMC fire brigade was a
unique project
• Navsanjeevan Yoga for Traffic Police offered good relief
especially for respiratory disorders
• Also started Yoga Camps for mentally challenged
students at Saint John Baptist School

18. YOGA THERAPY CONFERENCE

19. Relaxation Camps

20. Camp for Mentally Challenged

21. Height increasing camp

22. Maharashtra Yoga Teacher’s Conference

23. DECADE 2001 - 2010
• Focus shifted to research oriented projects
• Started one day and week end programs at Naik
Udyan Yeoor, amidst nature
• Started special Yoga Therapy camps at Nirajnan
Swasthya Kendra in 2005 on various functional
ailments
• Conducted Yoga Therapy Instructors course for
18 months, participated by 150 yoga teachers
• Organised Yoga Awareness Conferences at
Thane, Pune & Dombivali

24. DECADE 2001 - 2010
• Paper presentations at International Yoga
Conference Banglore
• Papers on Menstrual Disorders, Yogankur,
Problems of practicing Dentists, PCOD were
awarded with 1st rank
• Yogankur - an innovative project of
conceived women gave fantastic results
• PCOD project participated by 38 women gave
more than expected results – conceiving 5
successfully

25. DECADE 2001 - 2010
• Yoga Education Certificate & Diploma courses
got recognition from Govt. of Maharashtra in
2002
• Started daily Yoga Sanskara Courses at Shri Ma
Niketan Patlipada in 2005
• A well equipped research laboratory at
Pradnyan Yoga Anusandhan Kendra started in
2010
• It undertakes various types researches
measuring impact of Yoga Sadhana
• Started Yoga Sanskara classes at Vasant Vihar
Club House on daily basis

26. Yogankur

27. Camp at Naik Udyan

28. Yoga Mahotsava - 2002

29. Yoga Mahotsava - 2002

30. Yoga Mahotsava – 2002

31. DECADE 2011 . . . .
• Actively organising camps under Stop
Diabetes Movement of Vivekanand Yoga
Anusandhan Kendra Banglore
• 32 camps under SDM have given excellent
results in controlling blood sugar
• Anxiety Control Camp, special camps of
medical professionals, camp for Table Tennis
players have given encouraging results
• Recently started camp for Doctors at KEM
hospital under auspice of Mumbai University

32. DECADE 2011 . . . .
• Special focus on Nano Bio Psychology
Technology and Yoga
• It incorporates study of Yogic impact on body,
cell and mind
• More thrust on mind, body, medicine and
beyond – from yogic perspective
• Future dream of Yoga Prabodhani – a special
nature friendly therapy centre of
international standard

33. MESSAGE
NO YOGA NO PEACE
KNOW YOGA KNOW PEACE
NOW YOGA NOW PEACE
!!! HARI OM TATSAT !!!