*Why yoga day, since when and how?*🧘🏽♂️🧘🏻♀️🤸♂️
Yoga is beneficial for physical and mental health. Practicing yoga keeps the body disease-free and gives peace to the mind. Yoga has been practiced in India since the time of sages. Yoga is associated with Indian culture, which is now spreading abroad as well. Yoga gurus are credited with spreading yoga abroad. Indian yoga gurus made people aware of the usefulness and importance of yoga abroad.
Today, people all over the world are incorporating yoga into their lives and trying to achieve a healthy mind and body by practicing yoga poses. International Yoga Day is celebrated every year to make everyone aware of the benefits of yoga. However, it is also interesting to know who, when and where started celebrating Yoga Day. Let’s know the history, significance and theme of this year’s Yoga Day.
*History of Yoga Day*
On September 27, 2014, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in the United General Assembly appealed to all the countries of the world to celebrate Yoga Day. Accepting Prime Minister Modi’s proposal, the United Nations General Assembly announced the organization of International Yoga Day in just three months. Then in 2015, the world celebrated Yoga Day for the first time.
*Why is Yoga Day celebrated on 21st June?*
It has been decided to celebrate 21st June as Yoga Day. There is also a reason to celebrate June 21 as Yoga Day. This date is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere. It is called summer solstice.
According to Indian tradition, the sun is in Dakshinayana after the summer solstice. Surya Dakshinayan period is effective for attaining spiritual accomplishments. For this reason, International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21 every year.
*Theme of International Yoga Day 2023*
The theme of Yoga Day 2023 is ‘Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam means – Earth is family. This theme refers to the usefulness of yoga for the health of all people on earth.
🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🙏🤝🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
k's all in one 