The celebrations of the 3rd International Day of Yoga will ge held here at Sector 17 Plaza, on June 21.
VP Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, be the chief guest on this occasion.
Union Health Minister JP Nadda, Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament, Chandigarh will also be present on the occasion. Around 3000 participants are expected to perform Yoga in accordance with the common Yoga protocol given by the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
The participants will be from various collaborating organisations from the —Patanjali, Art of living, Govt. College for Yoga Education and Health Sector-23, Brahmrishi Yoga Training College Sector-19, Brahm Kumaris, Yoga Federation of India, Chandigarh, International Naturopathy organization, Chandigarh Yoga Sabha, Bihar School of Yoga for Physical and Mental Health, Red Cross, Chandigarh Yoga Association, Himalayan Yoga, Sachitta Yoga and Chandigarh Police.
Besides the main celebrations at Plaza Sector-17, Yoga sessions will be held in the premises of all the above organizations. Besides these Yoga will also be performed at Sukhna lake by NSS representatives, at Burail Jail by Yoga Federation of India, at Cricket stadium by Sports Department, at Snehalaya and 38 Govt. Schools of Chandigarh by AYUSH Department & in various parks of Chandigarh.
Ahead of the 3rd International day of Yoga, a seminar on Yoga was held at IMA Complex, on Monday with Anurag Agarwal, Home Secretary cum-Health Secretary, presiding over the seminar.
More than 250 people attended the seminar where various speakers spoke on the benefits of yoga, pranayam, and meditation etc for complete physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well being.
Presentation was given by Dr. Rajkumar Sharma, an eminent surgeon who correlated the effects of yoga, Pranayam & Meditation on various parts of brain, release of hormones & effects on sympathic & parasympathic nervous system.
Another prominent speaker was veteran Yoga Guru lal Ji Maharaj, who shared that yoga, should be customized as per needs like age, condition and health of the individual.
There were also many other speakers from various groups like Patanjli, Brahmkumaris, Art of living, Brahmrishi, Yoga college, Chandigarh Yog Sabha, Chandigarh Yoga Association.