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TMM 2018 - Mumbai Marathon AND the Samarpan Family Sunday, January 21, 2018 Guruma's Birthday - January 21, 2018 Samarpan Half Marathoners This year was the fifth year the Samarpan Family was taking part in the Marathon. Standard Chartered Bank gave up the franchise after ten years and the same was taken up by the house of Tatas – and the marathon was renamed as the Tata Mumbai Marathon with the race being managed by Procam as usual and Charity Partners United Way of Mumbai. Yoga Prabha Bharati (Seva Sanstha) Trust (YPBSST) got itself registered with United Way of Mumbai, the charity partner for the movement for the fifth year running, and this time we were given 50 charity bibs based on last year’s collections and we also got one premium bib for achieving level 1 based on their internal selection parameters. We got more Bibs this year as other NGOs also did not collect funds as expected thus raising our average per bib collection compared to the others; also, the en...

At Worli Dairy just after getting out of the car At Worli Dairy just after getting out of the car This year was the third year the Samarpan Family was taking part in the Marathon. Yoga Prabha Bharati Seva Sanstha Trust (YPBSST) got itself registered with United Way of Mumbai, the charity partner for the movement for the third year running, and this time we were given 45 charity bibs based on last year’s collections. We had actually got the third highest average collection per bib hence the extra bibs this time. Sadhana Education Trust ran in our support as part of the Corporate Challenge section. We also had made a team under the able guidance of our corporate acharyaa and Shri Malav Doshi to participate in the Jabong Costume/Skit Contest and in setting up a stage for promoting Samarpan Meditation. Hectic preparations and practice went in for the singing and the contest. It was great team work performed in a spirit of love and joy. The joy and energy displayed was something ...

Sunday, January 19, 2014 Live in the Moment, Run with the Movement Last year the charity I usually supported did not take part, hence as part of Corporate Challenge I ran for United Way of Mumbai and wore the Samarpan scarf for the first time during the run. The scarfs energy worked and this year Samarpan family officially participated in the marathon! Energy always works! This year was the first year the Samarpan Family was taking part in the Marathon. Pujya Swamiji had given His approval and blessings in July 2013 saying, “Do something different, go ahead, but take contributions from non-sadhaks,” ( This is for the Ayurvedic Medical Centre project at Sindavadar Ashram, Rajkot).This was a master-stroke as propagation of Samarpan movement and fund collection could take place simultaneously. Yoga Prabha Bharati Seva Sanstha Trust got itself registered with United Way of Mumbai, the charity partner for the movement in August 2013, thus paving the way for Samarpans first time par...