Yoga remains a ray of hope amid Covid outbreak: PM Narendra Modi

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As the world fights the Covid-19 pandemic, yoga remains a ray of hope, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday while addressing the International Yoga Day.

Addressing the 7th International Yoga Day programme, Modi also said that in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), India has taken another important step and now the world is going to get the power of M-Yoga application, which will have many videos of yoga training based on Common Yoga Protocol available in different languages ​​of the world.

This will help us in making the ‘One World, One Health’ motto successful, he said.

In view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent restrictions in congregational activities, the lead event of the International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2021 is being organized as a televised programme.

The pandemic doesn’t seem to have dampened the enthusiasm for Yoga, going by the buzz observed in the digital space in the last few weeks. The main theme of IDY 2021 is “Yoga for Wellness”, which is aligned to the current pre-occupations.

“In these difficult times people could have forgotten, ignored yoga; instead their love & enthusiasm for it have increased. Yoga leads us from stress to strength and from negativity to creativity. I am sure yoga will continue to play preventive & promotive role in healthcare of masses,” the prime minister said.

For most of the countries of the world, Yoga Day is not their age-old cultural festival and in this difficult time, people could have forgotten about it and ignored it, but on the contrary, people’s enthusiasm for yoga has increased, he said.

“When the unseen coronavirus knocked on the doors of the world, no country was prepared for it in terms of resources, capability and mental state. We all have seen that in such difficult times, yoga has become a great source of inner strength,” he said.

Many schools now begin their online classes with yogic exercises like pranayam, he said, adding that this prepares children physically to deal with Covid.

The prime minister expressed confidence that yoga will continue playing its preventive, as well as promotive role in healthcare of masses.