Yoga - a study.

- Lord Krishna has also explained the glory of yoga to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita in which he has also given importance to devotional yoga along with duty karma yoga from karma yoga ...

The tradition of yoga practice in India is about 2000 years old. Yoga is a wonderful science of harmony between body and soul. Every year, June 21 is celebrated as International Yoga Day with the aim of creating awareness among the people about this ancient method. It was started in 2012 through the efforts of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In India, yoga is a part of the daily life of many people. He wakes up every morning and keeps his body tight through various yogas on a regular basis. There is also a special reason to celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21.

History of International Yoga Day: The origins of the proposal to celebrate World Yoga Day were laid in 2001 when a yoga conference was held in Portuguese. Then on June 21, 2008, the first 'World Yoga Day' was celebrated. This was followed by a conference called 'Yoga - Science for World Peace' held in Bengaluru on December 6 and 7, 2011, which discussed in detail the celebration of Yoga Day at the international level. For the first time in history, yoga gurus from all over the world floated the idea that there should be an international day for yoga.

June 21 is the longest day: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the UN General Assembly in 2014, said that this is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Sunrise is early on this day and sunset is also late. In addition, June 21 is also the day of summer solstice in India. PM Modi discussed the importance of yoga.

United Nations Resolution: On December 11, 2016, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 7/121 to celebrate June 21 as 'International Yoga Day'. The resolution was introduced by India and endorsed by 12 of the 15 member states of the United Nations. At the UN General Assembly, there were 12 countries that sub-supported the resolution, the largest ever. Since then, International Yoga Day has been celebrated all over the world since 2014.

Commencement of International Yoga Day Celebrations: On June 21, 2016, the first International Yoga Day was celebrated in various cities of many countries of the world. The main event was held in Delhi, the national capital of India. A special event was organized at Rajpath in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself was present. Along with him, a total of 4.5 people, including representatives from 6 different countries, did various yogasanas for 5 minutes. The world record for doing yoga was set by such a large number of people at once.

Lord Krishna has also explained the glory of yoga to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita in which he has also given the importance of karma yoga to kartavya karma yoga along with bhakti yoga. Explains that by doing that karma also achieves excellent direction and by doing devotional yoga one can get away from the darkness of ignorance and go towards the divine light of knowledge

Yoga Day Themes So Far:

2015: Yoga for Harmony and Peace

2016: Connect the Youth

2017: Yoga for Health

2018: Yoga for Peace

2019: Yoga for Climate Action

2020: Yoga for health-Yoga at home

2021: Yoga at home yoga with family

- Prayer Raval