Yoga, a physical,
mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The origins of yoga
have been speculated to date back to pre-Vedic Indian traditions, but most
likely developed around the 6th and 5th centuries BCE. The yoga practices were
then spread throughout the world during the late 19th century and early 20th
century by Yoga gurus following the success of Swami Vivekananda.
Indian traditions
consider Yoga to be more than just a physical exercise, it has meditative and
spiritual core. One of India's Tridev's, Lord Shiva is considered to be the
earliest Yogi, so named as Adi-Yogi. He
is also the first Yoga Guru Indian mythologies mention and thus also call him
as Adi-Guru. Yoga, apart from being just
a spiritual practice and daily exercise, is also a beneficial practice for
improving many medical conditions a person might have.
Long term Yoga users
have shown improvements in muscoskeletal and mental health. It has also been
reported to improve mood and anxiety. With the betterment in lifestyles that
are now proven with Yoga, it is one of the important things that we should do in
our daily routine.
After Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's suggestion to declare June 21st, the Summer Solstice, as the
International Day of Yoga(IDY), UN did so on December 11, 2014. The 1st IDY was
celebrated with whole nation doing Yoga while our PM Narendra Modi was doing
with 35984 people on Rajpath, The largest Yoga class ever held and 83 other
countries participating in the event. This event won 2 Guinness World Records.
Now Yoga has been
included in everyday curriculum into the schools in India by Smriti Irani, HRD
Minister of India. Let's make this effort made by our PM a success.
Vande Matharam
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