Now, Culture Department will look after seven yoga centres started by Gas Relief Department in the State capital. These centres will be made more useful. Gas Relief Minister Narottam Mishra informed that this initiative has been taken to apprise people of various dimensions of Yoga on the occasion of Mass Surya Namaskar and help them benefit from them.
Along with Yoga, these centres will also associate people well versed in Indian philosophy and engaged in activities pertaining to culture and Dhyan. In Indian culture, Yoga is considered as an activity linked to body, heart and soul and not just a physical exercise. Yoga is the sum total of philosophy, science and Karma.
World Yoga Day was observed on June 21, 2015 on the call of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Programmes under World Yoga Day under leadership of Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the State has been very successful. Yogic activities are also held along with Surya Namaskar on Swami Vivekananda Jayanti Jan 12. The State has included Yoga-related chapter in school syllabus from year 2007.
Meanwhile, Home and Jails Minister Babulal Gaur has said that Yoga makes one alert, happy and healthy. He urged people to practice Yoga regularly. Gaur participated in mass Surya Namaskar programme at Mahatma Gandhi School, Barkhera in BHEl area here on Tuesday.
Gaur urged to take pledge on 153rd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda to keep fit, happy and healthy through practice of Yoga. Referring to Yoga practice in ancient Ashram system of India, he said that Bhagwat Gita shows the path to remain alert, happy, healthy and active.