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    The UN proclaimed June 21 as International Day of Yoga through a resolution passed in 2014 to highlight the benefits of yoga. The first International Yoga Day in 2015 saw Modi lead a mass yoga session in New Delhi with over 35,000 participants and set two Guinness records. Yoga is an ancient practice originating from India that aims to unite the body and consciousness through various techniques.

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    The UN proclaimed June 21 as International Day of Yoga through a resolution passed in 2014 to highlight the benefits of yoga. The first International Yoga Day in 2015 saw Modi lead a mass yoga session in New Delhi with over 35,000 participants and set two Guinness records. Yoga is an ancient practice originating from India that aims to unite the body and consciousness through various techniques.

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    YOGA Day

    The UN proclaimed June 21 as International Day of Yoga by passing a resolution on


    December 11, 2014 during the 69th session of the General Assembly. At the session, PM
    Modi had said, “Yoga is an invaluable gift from our ancient tradition. Yoga embodies unity
    of mind and body, thought and action … a holistic approach [that] is valuable to our health
    and our well-being. Yoga is not just about exercise; it is a way to discover the sense of
    oneness with yourself, the world and the nature.”
    The first Yoga Day celebrations were held in 2015 at Raj Path in New Delhi and Modi, along
    with other dignitaries, had created two Guinness World Records. The first record was set for
    housing 35,985 people and being the world’s largest yoga session. The second one was for
    having the most number (84) of nationalities participating in it.

    The word ‘yoga’ is derived from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolising the
    union of a person’s body and consciousness.
    “Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The word
    ‘yoga’ derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolizing the union of body
    and consciousness,” the United Nations website says.
    According to its famous practitioner BKS Iyengar, “Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining
    a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.”
    In its ‘Common Yoga Protocol’ from 2019, the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy,
    Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) lists Yama, Niyama, Āsana, Prāṇāyāma,
    Pratyāhāra, Dhāraṇā, Dhyāna, Samādhi, Bandhās and Mudrās, Ṣaṭkarmas,Yuktāhāra, Mantra-
    japa,Yukta-karma as popular yoga ‘sadhanas’.
    The AYUSH protocol describes the folding hands logo of Yoga Day as reflecting “the union
    of individual consciousness with that of universal consciousness, a perfect harmony between
    mind and body, man and nature, the holistic approach to health and well being. The brown
    leaves in the logo symbolize the earth element, the green leaves of nature, blue the fire
    element while the sun symbolises the source of energy and inspiration.”

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