International day of yoga is also called as the world yoga day. United Nations General Assembly has declared 21st of June as an International Yoga Day on 11th of December in 2014.
Yoga in India is considered to be around 5,000 year old mental, physical and spiritual practice. Yoga was originated in India in ancient time when people were used of meditation to transform their body and mind. Launching a particular date of practicing yoga all across the world and celebrating as yoga day was initiated by the Indian Prime Minister to the United Nations General Assembly.
Yoga is very necessary and beneficial for all human being if it is practiced by all on daily basis in the early morning. Official name of this day is UN International Yoga Day and also called as Yoga Day. It is a worldwide event celebrated by the people of all countries through practicing yoga, meditation, debates, meetings, discussions, variety of cultural performances, etc.
HISTORY OF WORLD YOGA DAY
Celebrating yoga day all over the world as World Yoga Day or International Day of Yoga on 21st of June every year was declared by the United Nations General Assembly on 11th of December in 2014.
The declaration was done after the call by the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to the United Nations General Assembly on 27th of September in 2014 during his address to the UN General Assembly. He call the United Nations General Assembly for adopting 21st of June as an International Yoga Day to get all the benefits of yoga for the people all around the world.
Narendra Modi has said during his address to the UN General Assembly that “Yoga is an invaluable gift of India’s ancient tradition. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfilment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being. It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change. Let us work towards adopting an International Yoga Day.”
The declaration of International Day of Yoga is the great moment for the India in the history. It took less than three months to be declared as the World Yoga Day by the United Nations General Assembly.
Narendra Modi had called for it on 27th of September in 2014 which was finally declared on 11th of December in 2014. It was first ever in the history that the initiative of any country has been proposed and implemented in the UN body within 90 days. This resolution has been adopted under the Global Health and Foreign Policy by the General Assembly in order to provide a holistic approach to the people worldwide for their health and well-being.
OBJECTIVES OF WORLD YOGA DAY
International Day of Yoga has been adopted to fulfill the following objectives:
1.To let people know the amazing and natural benefits of yoga.
2.To connect people to the nature by practicing yoga.
3.To make people get used of meditation through yoga.
4.To draw attention of people worldwide towards the holistic benefits of yoga.
5.To reduce the rate of health challenging diseases all over the world.
6.To bring communities much close together to spend a day for health from busy schedule.
7.To enhance growth, development and spread peace all through the world.
8.To help people in their bad situations themselves by getting relief from stress through yoga.
9.To strengthen the global coordination among people through yoga.
10.To make people aware of physical and mental diseases and its solutions through practicing yoga.
11.To protect unhealthy practices and promote and respect the good practices to make health better.
12.To let people know their rights of good health and healthy life style to completely enjoy the highest standard of physical and mental health.
13.To link between protection of health and sustainable health development.
14.To get win over all the health challenges through regular yoga practice.
15.To promote better metal and physical health of people through yoga practice.
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