International Yoga Day Celebrated with Yoga Practice and Discourse

Kathmandu. On the occasion of International Yoga Day today with the slogan 'Yoga for Healthy Old Age', the main organizing committee formed under the Ministry of Education and Sports has completed a yoga practice and discourse program.

On the occasion, Chief Secretary Sumanraj Aryal said that a decision has already been made to celebrate Yoga, Meditation and Health Day at the national level. He informed that the curriculum of yoga, meditation and health has been formulated and teaching has also started from the school level. Chief Secretary Aryal said that although yoga has been widely publicized, people have not been able to take much benefit, so an awakening has started to lead them towards it.

Ministry Secretary Chudamani Poudel emphasized the need for regular yoga practice for a healthy and disease-free life. He said that yoga helps in making society and the nation healthy by being mentally healthy.

LP Bhanu Sharma of Jeevan Vigyan Nepal said that it should be promoted as a means of alleviating physical, mental, spiritual suffering and for prosperity. He also informed that the United Nations has declared Health Day at the proposal of Nepal.

International Yoga Day is celebrated every year on June 21 with various public awareness programs. According to the decision of the United Nations General Assembly in 2014, International Yoga Day has been celebrated since June 21, 2015.

Yoga Day has been celebrated in the country since January 15, 1979 (Bikram Sambat 2036 Magh 1). In today's program held at Dasharath Stadium, information was given about the importance of yoga along with yoga postures.