Jamshedpur, Oct. 30: Jamshedpur FC performed the yogic Vrikshasana as they celebrated their first goal scored vs Hyderabad FC on Tuesday night.
After Farukh Choudhary opened the scoring for Jamshedpur FC tapping a loose ball home in the 34th minute, the JFC striker along with captain Tiri, Memo Moura assembled near the corner flag and celebrated the team’s first goal striking the Vrikshasana pose which was seen for the first time ever since the team’s ISL debut back in 2017.
After the win Farukh Choudhary said, “We have been having a lot of benefits from yoga and we are thankful to the head coach to inculcate yoga into our training schedule. The celebration was dedicated to our yoga routines.”
Jamshedpur FC players have adopted yoga to maintain their concentration and flexibility.
“It calms us down and helps us with our fitness. This is the first time I am doing yoga so regularly and to be honest, it is real fun. Also, we have one of the best yoga gurus in Anshu Sarkar guiding us. We want to be champions and we will want to give our best to achieve that,” said Captain Tiri.
Ahead of the friendly matches last month during the pre-season training in the city, JFC�s Indian and foreign players took time out to switch to yoga mode and did some asanas under the supervision of Anshu Sarkar, a national Yoga Seva awardee at JRD Tata Sports Complex.
“I am really glad for this tribute. The name of this asana is Vrikshasana. It increases concentration level. I wish them all the best and I hope they will remain concentrated on winning the ISL finals,” said Anshu Sarkar, Jamshedpur FC’s yoga guru.
It is worth mentioning that Vrikshasana or Tree Pose is a balancing asana. It is one of the very few standing poses in medieval hatha yoga, and remains popular in modern yoga as exercise.
It may be noted that Jamshedpur FC recorded its second win on the trot on October 29 when they brushed aside Hyderabad FC at JRD Tata Sports Complex. Apart from Farukh, Aniket Jadhav (62′) and Sergio Castel (75′) also scored a goal each in the 3-1 win over Hyderabad FC.
