Just four years into learning yoga, this young girl has reached the highest level of winning medals not just in the National-level but in the International-level as well. Meet, city’s young yoga champ Kushi Hemachandra, a 9th student of St. Joseph’s Central School, Vijayanagar. Kushi is not only adept in various asanas but has also won accolades in artistic and rhythmic yoga. Having won a bronze medal in the First International Yoga Invitation Tournament held at Shanghai in China during 2014, Kushi has won gold in Solo artistic yogasana and pair rhythmic yogasana and silver in yogasana and pair artistic yogasana at the 6th Asian Yoga Championship held at Vietnam last year.
She is a recipient of many awards including the Karnataka Kalashree by Bal Bhavan Society, Government of Karnataka and Yoga Praveene by South India Yoga Federation, Bengaluru, among other honours. Daughter of S. Hemachandra, an RBI employee and H. Kumuda, a home-maker, residing in Hebbal, Kushi was one of the chief guests at the inaugural function of Chinnara Mela last evening. Star of Mysore caught up with this young talent for a brief chat. Excerpts...
