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'Yoga was a lifeline during lockdown': World marks 7th International Day of Yoga

UN General Assembly President says yoga helped manage stress of pandemic year
'Yoga was a lifeline during lockdown': World marks 7th International Day of Yoga
'Yoga was a lifeline during lockdown': World marks 7th International Day of Yoga

ITDC INDIA EPRESS/ITDC NEWS R Thousands of Yoga enthusiasts from across the world on Monday took part in mass sessions and performed various asanas keeping in mind social distancing guidelines to celebrate the 7th International Day of Yoga amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Indians Missions across the world have marked #YogaDay with great enthusiasm. The Yoga sessions world over drew several people," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted tagging a tweet of Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

"The COVID 19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated the consequences of poor global health. The social and economic consequences have been devastating. For many around the world, yoga was a lifeline during lockdown. It helped to maintain physical well being, while also managing the stress of uncertainty and isolation," President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir said in his virtual address on the occasion.

He underlined that as "we take steps to recover from the pandemic, let Yoga inspire us to approach challenges holistically, to work together through the multilateral system so we recover better, stronger and greener.

"The COVID-19 pandemic has caused enormous stress and anxiety for many worldwide, stemming from loss, isolation, economic insecurity or disruption to normal routines and work-life balance," Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed said, adding that Yoga can help people cope with uncertainty and anxiety.

India's Permanent Mission to the UN organised virtual commemoration to mark the 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY), with the theme Yoga for Well-Being'.

India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said that this year's commemoration of Yoga day seeks to reaffirm the rejuvenating role of Yoga in promoting health and well being of the global community, which is presently coping with the pervasive effects of the COVID 19 pandemic.

The virtual format enabled Yoga practitioners from around the world, including from India, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Mexico, France and the US, to join the Yoga sessions that included the Surya Namaskar and other Yoga asanas.

This was the second year in a row that Yoga Day was commemorated in a virtual format due to the pandemic.

India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, on Sunday participated in the yoga session at the Indian House in Washington which was attended by embassy officials in-person, while a large number of people across the US joined the event virtually through Zoom and the embassy's social media handles.

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