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REPORT INTERNATIONAL YOGA FESTIVAL 2019 ( IYF ) 34 www.yogicherald.com Apr./May 2019 Day 1 The 30th annual, world-famous annual International Yoga Festival began March 1st, 2019 at Parmarth Niketan. The festival opened at 5 am with a special temescal (sweat lodge) ceremony by indigenous elders from South America, Central America and North America in the yoga village. During this one-week Festival, attendees had the opportunity to participate in over 150 classes from world-class Yoga masters of multiple styles of Yoga including Kundalini Yoga, Power Vinyasa Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation, Reiki, as well as lectures on Yoga, Vedanta, ancient Indian philosophy