Who's Annelies Richmond - yoga instructor who led historic UN HQ session? | World News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led ninth Worldwide Yoga Day occasion on the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States on Wednesday. On the occasion, 180 international locations had been represented by members who got here collectively for a singular yoga session that was led by the Artwork of Residing Basis. Annelies Richmond, the organisation's director within the US, led the session, which was held on the expansive North Garden of the intergovernmental organisation. (Comply with Worldwide Day of Yoga celebrations LIVE updates right here)

The occasion additionally created the Guinness World Report for witnessing the best variety of nationalities collaborating in a yoga session.

Who's Annelies Richmond: 5 factors

1)Brooklyn-based Richmond is the director of the Artwork of Residing Basis within the US and has been related to the organisation since 2004, as per her LinkedIn profile. She was elevated to the place of director in 2013 and is an skilled in breathwork, yoga, and meditation.

2)In a video shared on her Instagram, Richmond stated she did all her yoga, meditation coaching in India beneath Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founding father of the Artwork of Residing basis.

3)Richmond can also be the director of SKY Campus Happiness, a US-based program that works in the direction of psychological well-being, as per its web site. Previous to becoming a member of the organisation, Richmond additionally labored as an expert dancer until 2005.

4)Along with her roles as a public speaker and management coach, she mentions on her Instagram that she is ballerina. She has skilled over 1,000 meditation and management academics in 5 international locations, based on a publish on her Fb.

5)Previous to the UN's Yoga Day occasion, she expressed her gratitude to PM Modi for “India's pioneering management within the subject of yoga”, and stated “it's a nice honour to be main the Yoga session for PM on the event of Worldwide Day of Yoga."