Celebrating International Yoga Day 2024: Why Is It Observed On June 21? All You Need To Know

International Yoga Day is celebrated annually on twentieth of June. This event should be a platform through which the people of the world will be made aware concerning the importance of yoga and should also get to practice it in their everyday lives. It also remains the perfect occasion for many people to introduce yoga culture, share the ideas of nonviolence, and promote tolerance and understanding. Yoga is an amalgam of physical and spiritual exercises, and it originated in India over 5,000 years ago. Picking it as the major type of exercise is a comprehensive technique that assists in calming down and avoiding stress, as well as enhancing the general health of the body and mind. Yoga is a set of exercises such as exercises in postures (asanas), breath control (pranayama), and final concentration (dhyana).

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So, The International Yoga Day was practiced subsequently after the resolution by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 2014. The main idea to launch this event was launched by Indias’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2014, and he proposed June, 21 as the best time for this celebration as it is the longest day of the year. It was adopted and supported by 177 countries and passed a unanimous resolution promoting International Yoga Day on June 21. The first one was performed on the 21st of June, 2015 in New Delhi, India and it features a mass yoga demonstration with PM Modi. Since then, International Yoga Day has been celebrated every year and a specific theme has been set for each year’s event.

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