Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the people of India and the world as he led the 11th International Yoga Day celebration. The theme of this year’s Yoga Day is “Yoga For One Earth, For One Health".
“Yoga isn’t just an exercise. It’s a way of life," said PM Modi as he joined this year’s Yoga Day celebrations at a mega event in Visakhapatnam.
“Yoga is for all, beyond boundaries, backgrounds, age or ability. It has brought the world together," he said, adding, “Yoga is the pause button that humanity needs to breathe again."
Highlighting how India is heading towards promoting Yoga, PM Modi said, “India is empowering the science of Yoga through modern research. We are also encouraging evidence-based therapy in the field of Yoga. Delhi AIIMS has done a good job in this regard. Its research has shown that yoga has a critical role in the treatment of cardiac and neurological disorders, and it also plays an important role in women’s health and mental health."
Talking about the ongoing tensions across the world and global instability, the Prime Minister emphasised on Yoga’s role in promoting peace. He further termed Yoga as the “pause button that humanity needs to breathe, balance, and become whole again".
“Yoga is a wonderful system that takes us from me to we," PM Modi said, highlighting Yoga’s power to foster global unity.
“Unfortunately, today the entire world is going through some tension, unrest, and instability have been increasing in many regions. In such times, Yoga gives us the direction of peace. Yoga is the pause button that humanity needs to breathe, balance, and become whole again," he said.
Recalling the day when 175 countries stood with India in recognising June 21 as the International Yoga Day, PM Modi said that this kind of unity and support is not a normal incident in today’s world.
“In the last decade, when I see the journey of Yoga, it reminds me of many things. The day India put forth a resolution in the UNGA – to recognise June 21 as International Yoga Day- and in a very short time, 175 countries of the world stood with our country. This unity and support in today’s world is not a normal incident," he said.
Source: News18