This year’s theme is “Yoga at Home” and “Family Yoga,” said PM Modi (File)
New Delhi:
Before the sixth International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that yoga provides multidimensional solutions to many challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Urging people to watch the day from the confines of their homes, he said the deadly virus may have reduced mobility, but that shouldn’t affect enthusiasm.
International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21.
“These are moments of distancing. But do you know that yoga is what ends distance? Yoga is what connects or brings things together,” he said in a video message.
To make his point, the Prime Minister explained that yoga reduces the distance between the mind and the body, which is the source of many problems.
“It also ends the distance between the life we have and the life we want to have,” said PM Modi, adding that yoga also ended the distance between expectations and reality, which could become a source of stress.
“The regular practice of yoga gives emotional strength and empathy. We begin to understand that others would experience the same struggle as us, so we become a supportive shoulder for someone who needs it,” said he declared.
He said that after the pandemic, the focus will be on preventive health care and stressed that it gives him confidence that yoga will become more popular.
Noting that this year’s theme is “Yoga at Home” and “Family Yoga”, he said that given the current situation, people should mark the day at home with their families, keeping in mind the rules of social distancing.
“This time, small is smart and small is good,” he said, adding that large gatherings were avoidable. “We are celebrating the sixth day of yoga in extraordinary times. Usually the yoga day is about public events, mass participation. This year the yoga day takes place indoors,” said the Prime Minister.
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