One-Day Yoga Practice Program Held in Lumbini on Eve of International Yoga Day

Bhairahawa. A one-day special yoga practice program has been completed in Lumbini on the eve of International Yoga Day. The program was organized today with the organization of the Indian Embassy for Nepal and Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center and in collaboration with the Lumbini Development Trust.

Participants in the program collectively practiced various yogasanas and pranayama. The organizers stated that the program was organized with the objective of promoting physical, mental, and spiritual health through yoga.

On the occasion, Lumbini Province Chief Krishnabahadur Ghartimagar stated that yoga is extremely useful for those who adopt urban lifestyles and are engaged in offices, industries-businesses, and other busy work throughout the day. He mentioned the difference between rural and urban lifestyles and expressed the view that the need for yoga varies according to lifestyle.

More than 500 yoga practitioners, including Lumbini Province Chief Krishnabahadur Gharti Magar, First Secretary of the Indian Embassy Narayan Singh, and employees of the Lumbini Development Trust, participated in the yoga practice organized in front of the statue of Little Buddha in Lumbini.