Yoga specialists from China and India stretch off in Kunming, Yunnan province from May 18 to 22 to attend this year's China-India yoga conference.

Under the theme of "to get along well with the nature, Yoga in spring", the conference will feature 50 professional yoga lessons provided by yoga masters, allowing yoga enthusiasts to explore the spirit of yoga.

At the conference's opening day, a group of 1,000 yoga lovers will perform yoga to an audience and ten professional yoga trainers will be honored as yoga supervisors at the China-India Yoga College – the country's first yoga college based at Yunnan Nationalities University. The college opened last November and has held free yoga sessions for over 4,000 people so far, according a college authority.

Another feature of the conference will be the special yoga activities held in Waterfall Park and Cuihu Park on May 20.

The conference is sponsored by the municipal government and jointly organized by foreign affairs and overseas Chinese affairs offices under the municipal government, China-India Yoga College and Dianchi National Tourist Vacation Areas.

An Indian yoga specialist practice yoga. [Photo provided to China Daily]