CHINA, July 28, 2017 (Ecns): Since the first Indian yoga college in China was established in June 2015 at Yunnan Nationalities University in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, batches of Indian yoga teachers have come to China and their love for this country has taken root. “Put your palms together in front of your chest with your spine in a neutral position,” a 37-year-old Indian yoga teacher Subbulakshmi Velusamy said to her students. After showing the movements, she observed her followers and corrected them. Having lived in China for a year and a half since 2015, Velusamy has adapted herself to the climate and life in Kunming and built her own social circle.
Yatindra Amoli, another Indian yoga teacher in the college, is addicted to Indian and Chinese cultures. He is surprised at the similarities between the two peoples’ minority cultures, lifestyles, dietary habits and even marriage customs. “Chinese people once transported many commodities like tea to India through the Ancient Tea Horse Road (a trade link in southwest China, extending to South Asia). The history of trade may partly explain our similarities,” he said.