Nouf Marwaai (Arabic: نوف المروعي, romanized: nuaf almuruei; born:1980[2]) is a Yoga instructor in Saudi Arabia. She is the founder of the Arab Yoga Foundation in Saudi Arabia. Nouf Marwaai has contributed to the legalization of Yoga and to it receiving official recognition in Saudi Arabia.[3][4] She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2018.[5][6]
Nouf had been a sickly child and was diagnosed with systemic lupus at the age of 17. The doctors informed her parents that there wasn't much hope of her being cured. She read a Yoga book that her father had brought from his travels, and started practicing a few asanas. Over time as she continued practicing Yoga, her health improved, allowing her to graduate from college with high honors and she became a full time Yoga practitioner. In an interview, she said after starting Yoga and Ayurveda, she has lived 21 years without any medications.[7]
Arab Yoga Foundationedit
Nouf started teaching Yoga in 2004, in Jeddah as the Saudi Arabia Yoga School. In 2010, the name was changed to Arab Yoga Foundation because the practice of Yoga had spread to other Arab countries as well.[7] In June 2017, due to the efforts of Nouf and the Foundation, the General Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia gave its approval for Yoga Day Celebrations.[1] As of 2019, the Arab Yoga Foundation has taught Yoga to over 10,000 people and has over 700 yoga teachers across different cities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[7]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Story of the Woman Who Brought Yoga to Saudi Arabia". news18. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^"Nouf Mohammed Al-Marwaai: Saudi yoga instructor". Arab News. 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
^"Meet Nouf Marwaai, the woman behind yoga becoming 'no more a deviant behaviour' in Saudi Arabia". The Economic Times. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
^"All about Yogacharinie Nouf Marwaai the woman behind Yoga in Saudi". Times Now. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
^"Premier Indian award for Saudi yoga guru". Saudi Gazette. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^Desk, The Bridge (2021-02-08). "Saudi Arabia's first female yoga master who was awarded Padma Shri in India". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ abcSaudi Arabia’s First Yoga Acharya Nouf Marwaai In Conversation With Rahul Dewan. Sangam Talks. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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