A Painting Exhibition by "Rajika Vani Banarjee" January 5, 2009

Yoga holds many secrets in store. It takes a deep yoga practitioner and an artist to express them. Rajika Vani Banarjee's painting show, Enlighten, amalgamates the twin concepts of yoga and art. Each yogic posture has different benefits, addresses different charkas and has a unique energy. Rajika's paintings capture the essence of the different yogic postures. Yoga is a uniquely Indian theme that has become universal. India gave birth to yoga and gifted it to the world. It is appropriate that an Indian artist and long time yoga practitioner brings expression to the energy of the different yogic postures in the form of painting. Yoga and Art irrigate each other. Yoga stills the mind. From this stillness arise patience and unique original ideas. Art allows Rajika to see the detail in everything. This eye for detail or sukshamta is the foundation for meditation and yoga.Rajika, a Yoga Acharya, lives in Washington D.C. and has been teaching Yoga of the Sivananda school, intensively in India & Internationally for the last 10 years. She left a banking career to follow her twin passions-Yoga and Art. Enlighten is Rajika's first solo show. The uniqueness of the show lies in the expression of the energy of yogic postures using bold and bright hues rendered in water colour and gouache. Masterful brush strokes create a beautiful flow of energy that culminates in a feeling of peace within. (Open on Sat. and Sun.) Contact: 23718833.