Sunday was the eight and final day of the celebration. This was a day almost exclusively ear marked for feting the volunteers. The owners/venue providers from all eight centres were represented and each of them spoke about how the Nikam Guruji Yoga activities had created, community bonding and health awareness in their immediate vicinity. Swami Muktirupanandaji of the Ramakrishna Mission the pioneer venue for Nikam Guruji yoga activities talked about our presence in the RK Mission with an excellent analogy:
He talked about an Arab who had pitched a tent in the cold dessert evening. In the night he found the camels snout was in the tent. On asking the camel said he was cold and wanted a little shelter for his snout alone...a little later he found the entire face and the Arab welcomed him...a little later more of his body parts.....and the Arab did not protest, by morning the camel had occupied the entire tent. Swamiji quickly added that it was a welcome camel and they would be willing to accommodate 10 such if space permitted!
Each of the centers and the V.I.P who represented them for the first time got an idea of the scale and breadth of the yoga activities we conduct. Each and every volunteer was given a memento and a beautifully worded certificate. In fact I consider mine a testimonial as worthy or more than any other. I would proudly include it among my other testimonials and certificates.
The finals days proceedings, especially the tribute given to the long standing volunteers was very moving, I felt once again extremely happy being part of this organization and wanting to be involved with it for as long as I can.
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