Volunteers are being invited to test the health benefits of a particular form of Yoga. 

Mrs Sunita Poddar, who is a director of Lambhill Court Ltd Care Homes, is looking for 100 people to practice Yoga, free, for two hours every evening for seven nights in a row.

The sessions would take place in a former school gym which is now a comfortable lounge in her company’s care home at Lambhill Court, Kinning Park.

She is convinced that people with diabeties and arthritis, in particular, will find benefits from the programme. ‘I believe I can make Scotland a healthy nation in a few years if this yoga can be widely taken up.’

With daily practice she has lost 16 kilos in weight. ‘I feel I am a new person,’ said Mrs Poddar. ‘Now I want to give something back to Glasgow and Scotland.’ Mrs Poddar plans to roll out her Yoga scheme to celebrate the 30 years she and her husband Sam have been in business in Glasgow providing quality care for elderly people.