International Yoga Day 2020 India.
Addressing the state on Yoga Day 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the planet has now resorted to virtual yoga thanks to COVID-19. “All folks do yoga reception with the family. Yoga unifies people, unifies the planet. Yoga helps us during this fight against this pandemic. The pranayamas help us in building immunity and resolving respiratory illnesses.”
Every year, the summer solstice is recognized as International Yoga Day. However, this year, thanks to social distancing measures adopted by most countries, the theme set by the United Nations is “Yoga for Health – Yoga at Home”. the planet Health Organization (WHO) mentions yoga as a way to enhance health in its Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018–2030: More active people for a healthier world.
The proposal to watch Yoga Day was introduced by PM Modi in his address during the opening of the 69th Session of the overall Assembly back in 2014. “Yoga is a useful gift from our ancient tradition. Yoga embodies unity of mind and body, thought and action, a holistic approach that's valuable to our health and our well-being. Yoga isn't almost exercise; it's how to get the sense of oneness with yourself, the planet and nature,” he had said.
The first Yoga Day celebration was held at Rajpath in New Delhi, where PM Modi and other dignitaries performed around 21 yoga asanas and created two Guinness World Records. the primary record was for being the world’s largest yoga class with 35,985 people and therefore the other was for having the utmost number of participating nationalities, which is 84.
