What attracted and glued celebrities and famous peoples as diverse as Mr. Bill
Clinton (Ex. US President) his daughter Chelsea, World renowned Oscar
Winning director Jane Campaign, Late Smt. Indira Gandhi,
Oscar Nominated actress Kate Winslet, Oscar Winner Cate blenchetle,
Late Jawaharlal Nehru, his sister Vijay Laxmi Pandit,
World famous Hollywood Queen Nicole Kidman, Hollywood Prime
Tom Cruise Phiosrpea and host others to a frail simple, Gandhian lady
Mrs. Daya Vyas, from Jaipur, comes
to every one’s mind whosoever comes to know of this unique personality.
Mrs. Daya Vyas a first post graduate girl of Jaipur (Economics),
a true Gandhian who had met the legendary Mahatma at his ‘Wardha’
Ashram with Mr. Jamnalal Ji Bajaj an industrialist and close confident
of Gandhi Ji for 10 minutes, which changed her life. The Mahtma
among many other things told her that “Generally for people their own family
is the world but for you Let the Whole World be your family’’. Living
the life as per the dictate of the father of the nation, this exceptional lady treated
the whole world as family and was known all over the globe as ‘Yoga Mother’or
mother. Every body would call her ‘Yoga Mother’
to start with and end up with ‘Mother’
only, because she treated the world as her family. This exceptionally talented passionate
‘Yoga’ lover lady, who had been doing yoga since the
age of the seven took ‘Yoga-teaching full time after her retirement and soon
became global yoga mother to the people of this World. She considered yoga, the
only force that can unite the world divided very bitterly on the basis of religion,
faith, caste, sex color and creed .
This lady was born 80 years ago in a well to do progressive Pareek Brahmin family
of Jaipur was different from other children of her age group in her approach,
thinking, determination, bravery,
courage and fearless ,intelligence and intelligent curiosity
which never left her tell her last day. Rated among the top ten yoga Guru’s
of the world by the Prestigious ‘Harpers’, yoga mother
had been doing the yoga since the age of the seven at a time, when yoga was ridiculed
upon.
She learnt it from the best saints of that time including ‘Shivananda’,
Gopal Swami iyenger and may others. After being married into the eminent political
family, she continued her practice of Yoga. This brought her into close contact
with Late Pandit Jawarlal Nehru and Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, who too were ‘Yoga
Lovers’ and its daily practitioner and considered it an absolute
necessity for physical, mental and emotional fitness. She took part in freedom struggle
as a small kid and rubbed shoulders with top political leaders of that time engaged
in the task of building India. She considered education as a very important means
or tool of nation building and as such joined her family run university for girls
only as a Professor of Economics. Where she taught not only economics but dance
drama, swimming, all cultured activities and yoga, which according
to her played very important part in character building. She learnt Sanskrit at
the age of 55 and mastered it and did ‘Rudri’ the highest
from of Prayer of ‘Lord Shiva’ in Sanskrit without book. The prayer
is a part of ‘Vedas’ and is spread in 6 Chapter which she had memorized
with perfect pronunciations.
After here retirement in 1986 she got engaged in the task of popularizing ‘Yoga’
and uniting the world through it and spreading peace and harmony. In this she traveled
the globe many times over and showered boundless active compassion on million of
her admirals and disciples. Which included a large number of celebrities too.
She followed her simple yogic life despite the tremolos recognition
and popularity. This great lady whom Jane Campion – Described as dangerously
talented ‘Mr. Bill Clinton as the most vibrant and enlightening
personality, passed away as peacefully, gracefully and silently as she lived on
18th October, 2004 learning behind her ‘a large world family’ grieving.
She was with ‘Taj Group as Yoga Mediation Consultant and
refused all offer lucrative offers saying that ‘She is bowled over by the
‘grace, majesty and charm of the ‘Taj Group’. She was a real
Jewel in this crown of ‘Taj’. I her daughter Dr. Shubha
Vyas and her son Atul Vyas and trying to carry
forward her unfinished mission of uniting the world through ‘Yoga’ Which
is a philosophy /a religion of humanity at large not confined to any sect or a group.
Yoga in the only tool, which can bring peace, and harmony in the
world term by strife, conflicts and wars and perhaps World’s only
and last hope.
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