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9th International Day of Yoga Special Report

measures to win over Covid through
yoga in his conversation with Prime
Minister Modi.
The government of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi worked tirelessly to have
June 21 designated as International
Day of Yoga. The 193-member United
Nations General Assembly achieved
a record consensus of 177 co-
sponsoring countries. In its resolution,
the United Nations General Assembly
acknowledged that "Yoga offers a
holistic approach to health and well-
being." Yoga practise brings harmony
to all aspects of life; thus, widespread
dissemination of information on
the health benefits of yoga practise
to the global population would be
advantageous." With this, a new era of
holistic health revolution in India has
begun, with a focus on prevention rather
than treatment. When India proposed
yoga at the United Nations, it set a
record for the UN to pass the resolution When we are talking about solving problems
with the most votes in the shortest time.
and world welfare through yoga, I would like
to remind you again of Yogeshwar Krishna's
Human Culture's Eternal Heritage
It is a source of pride for Indians that Karmayoga. Explaining yoga in the Gita,
there is now only yoga from Dehradun Lord Krishna has said, 'Yoga: Karmasu
to Dublin, Shanghai to Chicago, and
Jakarta to Johannesburg. Yoga enriches Kaushalam," which means skill in action is
every life in every situation, whether yoga. Efficiency in action is yoga. This mantra
it is in the thousands-of-foot-high teaches us that through yoga, one develops
Himalayan mountains or the sun-baked the ability to become more capable in life.
desert. "When the forces of destruction
dominate," Prime Minister Modi says, Even if we do our work with discipline and fulfil
"there is disintegration." Scattering our responsibilities, it is still a kind of yoga.
happens between countries, individuals,
and societies. Walls are being built in
society, family strife is increasing, and if - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
a person is breaking down from within,
yoga can help to connect this tension-
dispersion." in high demand in countries all over the world. Around the
Many new yoga institutes are world, yoga has created a new job market. In all of this, India's
emerging as a result of yoga. The people remain the world's first priority. Efforts are also being
need for yoga instructors has grown. made in India to scientifically standardise yoga and the yoga
Even in yoga institutions today, young process throughout the world. Only a few years ago, UNESCO
people are preparing for a career by designated India's yoga as an intangible cultural heritage.
enrolling. Indian yoga instructors are Yoga training is being implemented in organisations, schools,

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