Dada Vishvarupananda conducted a special training session for prospective teachers of yoga. There is a tremendous interest in yoga in this region, and it is hoped that his training session will help to satisfy the demand for qualified instructors. Dada Krsnasevananda and Didi Ananda Rainjana provide regular instruction in yoga and meditation from their centers in Swaida and Damascus and the ranks of meditators is growing daily. The program is soon being started in Qahira (Egypt) also.