International Yoga Day 2020: Celebrate ‘Yoga at Home with Family’

The theme for this year's International Yoga Day is "Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family."It will largely be a virtual celebration this year.

Shivani Arora
Published on: 21 Jun 2020 5:56 AM GMT
International Yoga Day 2020: Celebrate ‘Yoga at Home with Family’
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Yoga gives you strength, flexibility, and mind-body awareness.It can help you stay flexible and strong without putting added stress on your joints. You get the added benefit of a mind-body approach that can help you relax and energize.

The International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21 every year since 2015. It was in the year 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi first proposed the idea of celebrating International Yoga Day to the UNGA (United Nations General Assembly). Out of the 193 member states of the United Nations, the proposal was approved by 177 co-sponsoring countries Thus, we can say that yoga is definitely India's gift to the world.

'Yoga Day' Theme Of The Year:

Yoga keeps a check not only our physical health but also on our spiritual and mental well being. It is the process of training both our minds and the body has been in practised since ages. The International Yoga Day aims to raise awareness about the spiritual, mental and other benefits of yoga around the world.

For the first time, the International Day of Yoga will be celebrated on digital media platforms today in view of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The theme for this year's International Yoga Day is "Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family."

It will largely be a virtual celebration this year. So, if you previously were not into the habit of doing yoga every day, now is a good time for you to start

PM Narendra Modi's address to the nation on Yoga Day:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the nation on the occasion of International Day of Yoga where he highlighted how pranayam breathing techniques can help strengthen the respiratory system in our fight against Covid-19.

If we can fine tune our chords of health and hope, the day is not far away when world will witness the success of healthy and happy humanity. Yoga can definitely help us make this happen: PM

Efficiency in Action is Yoga.

Yoga enhances our quest for a healthier planet. It has emerged as a force for unity and deepens the bonds of humanity. In addition, does not discriminate. Also, goes beyond race, colour, gender, faith and nations.

Many people all over the world infected by COVID19 are benefitting from Yoga, they are getting the strength in fighting the disease

Yoga gives us mental peace.

Pranayam should be a part of your daily routine. Also, it is a breathing exercise which helps us in strengthening the lungs.

It is a day to increase our family bonding.

International Day of Yoga gives a message of universal brotherhood; Yoga brings people together.

Yoga is that Journey which takes you to your real Self, to your Soul, through your own Self. Happy International Yoga Day 2020!

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Shivani Arora

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