Happy Social Media Day to All!

I was at the social media day celebrations conducted by @Mashable in Chennai city (India) Today. There were around 100 people who attended this meetup and it is probably one of the largest Mashable social media meetup’s in Asia. The closest competitor to Chennai is Bengaluru city.

The event started with the welcome speech by the organizer Sorav Jain (@soravjain). He explained about social media’s growth in India. He came up with some stats which showed the progress of India among the social networking website giants like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn over the last couple of years. India is one among the top 10 countries in twitter for the number of registrations. There are around 70 Lakh Indians in Facebook (14 million) and there are close to around 5 million professionals registered in LinkedIn from India.

Then, Sorav spoke about how social media can be used effectively in today’s life by using the power of social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Then started the introductions. I was very happy to see the diversification among the participants ranging from college students to CEO’s of big companies. This shows us that Social Media is here to stay.

Later the Games started. It was not just for fun but it was played for a cause. Every member contributed an amount (Rs.50 minimum) to enable game entry. The collected money goes to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). The great thing is that people from PETA were present at the event to support the cause. It was heartening to see that the participants contributed to the charities in excess to the game fee. This shows us that Social Media is here for a cause.

Then we had a Q&A session wherein four social media experts were selected as a panel and the other participants questioned them. It was a very interactive session where everybody learned something from the other.

The event ended in a great way with a group photo which will be published in Mashable.com. We had some hot samosa’s to fill our tummies as well.

I found a lot of new friends and I will be attending many such meetup’s whenever they are available. Being in the social media marketing industry one cannot miss such great networking opportunities.

It was a great evening with a lot of fun. Thanks to Mashable and Echovme for organizing such a great social media event.

Please use the hash tag #SMDchn while tweeting about this event.

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At the physical level, yoga and its cleansing practices have proven to be extremely effective for various disorders.

Yoga is extremely effective in:

Increasing Flexibility – yoga has positions that act upon the various joints of the body including those joints that are never really on the ‘radar screen’ let alone exercised.

Increasing lubrication of the joints, ligaments and tendons – likewise, the well-researched yoga positions exercise the different tendons and ligaments of the body.

Surprisingly it has been found that the body which may have been quite rigid starts experiencing a remarkable flexibility in even those parts which have not been consciously work upon. Why? It is here that the remarkable research behind yoga positions proves its mettle. Seemingly unrelated “non strenuous” yoga positions act upon certain parts of the body in an interrelated manner. When done together, they work in harmony to create a situation where flexibility is attained relatively easily.

Massaging of ALL Organs of the Body – Yoga is perhaps the only form of activity which massages all the internal glands and organs of the body in a thorough manner, including those – such as the prostate – that hardly get externally stimulated during our entire lifetime. Yoga acts in a wholesome manner on the various body parts. This stimulation and massage of the organs in turn benefits us by keeping away disease and providing a forewarning at the first possible instance of a likely onset of disease or disorder.

Complete Detoxification – By gently stretching muscles and joints as well as massaging the various organs, yoga ensures the optimum blood supply to various parts of the body. This helps in the flushing out of toxins from every nook and cranny as well as providing nourishment up to the last point. This leads to benefits such as delayed ageing, energy and a remarkable zest for life.

Excellent toning of the muscles – Muscles that have become flaccid, weak or slothy are stimulated repeatedly to shed excess flab and flaccidity.

Source: www.healthandyoga.com

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