Kathmandu: Executive life coach, social activist, philanthropist, and founding guide of the Jeevan Vigyan Foundation, L. P. Bhanu Sharma has said that Nepal can create three million new jobs in the next 10 years through wellness tourism.
Addressing a program at embassy of Nepal in London on August 6, Sharma said that on the proposal of Nepal the United Nations has started celebrating April 15 as World Wellness Day. He expressed that yoga, meditation, spirituality, mindfulness, natural health system and conscious lifestyle based on Nepal’s Himalayan tradition can be developed as the basis of global health. He said that such assets can establish Nepal as a destination for world-class wellness, internal transformation and overall prosperity.
“The world community should be invited not only to see Nepal, but also to experience Nepal. We all need to collaborate to bring Nepal’s nature, knowledge, healing traditions and lifestyle to the world,” he said.
Advancing the concept of ‘Himalayan Wisdom, Global Wellbeing’, he mentioned that Nepal’s health tradition is not only our cultural heritage but also a priceless gift to the world.
During the program, the participants were also made to practice ‘Self-Awakening Meditation’. After a short meditation practice, many participants shared their experience of feeling peace of mind, awareness of the present moment, and positive energy. According to the organizers, it conveys the message that meditation is not just a theoretical subject but a practice that can be directly experienced.
Bipin Duwadi, Nepal’s Acting Ambassador to the UK, expressed his gratitude to Bhanu Sharma and said that the Nepal government has prioritized the promotion of wellness tourism. He expressed his belief that such programs will contribute significantly to promote the spiritual, cultural and natural heritage of Nepal at the international level.
The program featured interactive discussion among participants about the relationship between self-awareness, mental and physical health, inner transformation and prosperity. Participants said that the program has revealed new possibilities of wellness tourism by connecting Nepal’s yoga, meditation, spirituality and natural health traditions with the world.
