RCB’S Care For Seniors

LAUGHTER YOGA FOR ANANDA YAAN ELDERS
LAUGHTER Yoga is the best medicine prescribed for seniors to keep them in good cheer. On August 23rd, 2019, one such session was conducted by Mr Rajat Dua, a certified yoga teacher with over 12 years of experience. Members of Ananda Yaan (Dr. E Moses Road centre) experienced joy and peace with Laughter Yoga and Guided Meditation for the first time. They forgot about all their problems for a moment and laughed their hearts out as kids do.

We thank Dr. Nootan Pakhare from Kaivalyadhama for arranging this session for our members. Our gratitude to Mr Rajat Dua for taking time out and he certainly has the blessings of our elders for giving them this wonderful experience.

WORLD PARENTS DAY FOR SENIORS
World Parents Day was celebrated at Ananda Yaan’s Byculla and Dr. E Moses centres. The theme this year was – Honour Your Parents. A team of young and enthusiastic college students called the Majii Band conducted the event at RCB’s Byculla centre, and IB college students of B D Somani conducted the event at the Dr. E Moses centre.

The enthusiasm of these youngsters was infectious. Everyone played games and sang Bollywood songs. The students were also very keen to get to know the stories of our members and so a few members shared their life struggles and how they overcame them.

We thank our project partners Dignity Foundation for organising this and Ms Reesha Gandhi and her friends from B D Somani and Majji Band too for making a memorable and lasting connection.

ANANDA YAAN’S GOT TALENT
Bridging the Generations! Dignity Foundation’s quarterly event was held at the Veer Savarkar auditorium on August 21st. The theme was “Dignity Generations”.

Whereas, at last year’s event, senior citizens showcased their talents on stage solo, senior citizens at this event performed with millennials, which was an absolute delight. Both the Ananda Yaan centres, Byculla and E Moses, participated in the event. A pair of seniors and juniors from the Byculla centre performed a Marathi Lavani while the E Moses centre presented a Koli dance.

Seniors deftly matched dance steps and voice modulations of their junior counterparts. You would be forgiven for thinking that this event was straight out of the show India’s Got Talent. They practiced hard for weeks to put up a stupendous act. The focus of the event was to increase inter-generational interaction between seniors and youth and also to facilitate a greater understanding of senior citizens by the younger generation in India today.