International Yoga day: PM Modi says yoga integral part of our culture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday performed Yoga with around 40,000 enthusiasts

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday performed Yoga with around 40,000 enthusiasts at the Prabhat Tara ground here and said everybody should practice the ancient Indian discipline lifelong. The Jharkhand capital has been selected as the venue for the main event for the 5th International Day of Yoga.

Events to mark the day are being held across the country and several of them are being led by Union ministers, including Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh. Modi also said the government has been working to make Yoga a pillar of preventive healthcare. Expressing concern that young people are becoming vulnerable to heart ailments, Modi said, “Yoga can play a huge role in tackling the issue and hence, this year’s theme is ‘Yoga for Heart’.”

He also appealed to the people to take yoga to all sections of society. “We should make efforts to take yoga from cities to villages, tribal areas. Yoga is above region, above faith, above everything,” Modi told the gathering. He also stressed that for yoga to become popular, infrastructure for it must be strengthened and said the government was working towards it.

Urging people to make yoga a part of daily life, Modi said, “Peace and harmony are related to Yoga. People across the world must practice it.” The prime minister had arrived here Thursday night to participate in the main event on the International Yoga Day.

India Inc gives mixed response to Yoga Day, preparation hassles deter many

For many in India Inc, it is business as usual. Many companies are organising any event. But then there are those who would wake up early and perform asanas. 

 

Many in India Inc. might not wake up early this year along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to perform asanas on the fourth edition of International Yoga Day. Unlike last few years, when corporate India, startup communities, ecommerce and fintech players went all out by organising yoga meets with professional instructors and giving out free yoga mats and branded sportswear, this time the excitement seems to be pallid even though there are exceptions.

For quite a few, it is business as usual. Many companies are organising any event. “It takes a lot of time to organise an event as one has to rally employees, which is a lot of effort. Not everyone is ready to come early in the morning, plus the weather is quite warm and by the time everyone gathers it would be quite hot. Also bringing in instructors, organising for food and refreshments add to costs. That is why we took a conscious decision not to organise Yoga Day this year,” said a senior human resource development manager at one of the biggest IT companies in the country.

Till last year, a lot of companies used to start preparrations for Yoga Day months in advance. Yoga was even made a part of the corporate internal activities spend of many companies. Some companies spent between Rs 20,000 and Rs 70,000 to bring in celebrity yoga experts for an hour’s session. Some even made participation in the June 21 event mandatory for employees.

“For us, fitness is a daily activity. We have an in-house gym and yoga instructors, among other things. If someone wants to do yoga on that day, they can obviously go to the gym and do it. But we are not doing anything special,” said a senior vice-president of an ecommerce firm.

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