Yoga teachers in Senegal continued to meet to plan for International Yoga Day as a collaboration with the Indian Embassy, focusing on the proven benefits of Yoga (asanas and meditation) for heath.    

May 20, 2018 Global Initiative for World Peace in Dakar with 12 participants. They joined groups throughout the world totaling 60,000 participants.   

Seydou M’bengue, Director of the Senegal Transcendental Meditation Program hosted a conference of the premier yoga teachers in the country to prepare for the International Yoga Day June 21st. At the conference, a National Association of Yoga Teachers was formed and M’bengue was appointed General Secretary.