Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Sunday said that posts of around 1,000 AYUSH assistants have been approved so as to encourage yoga education across schools in the State.
Apart from this, 560 gymnasiums have also been set up in the state so far and 600 gymnasiums will soon be set up, said the Chief Minister while addressing the Yoga Training Camp for the teachers of the Education Department through video conferencing from Panipat.
The camp is organised under the joint aegis of Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad and Haryana Yog Parishad. This training programme will be functional at 6,000 schools in three phases wherein Yoga will be included in the morning meetings.The Chief Minister said that practicing yoga, exercise, and pranayama have been very beneficial during the Coronavirus period. Likewise, yoga practice shall be continued to cure other disorders of the body. He said that the training camp for teachers will be for one week, in which 2,200 teachers will be imparted yoga training in the first phase.
This is the ideal time to ensure that yoga is a part of every person’s life. The United Nations has recognised Yoga and today 200 countries of the world are adopting Yoga. Yoga is popular across the world due to this, he added.
The Chief Minister further said that yoga helps in keeping a person physically and mentally sound. In ancient times, when education was imparted in Gurukul, teachers and children were proficient in every type of yoga and carried it forward. It is only through yoga that one can overcome the stress and worries of life because moderation, tolerance is possible only through yoga.
Competitions related to yoga will be organised from the block level to the state level, he added. Education Minister Kanwar Pal who joined from Yamunanagar through video conferencing said that a healthy body has a healthy mind and soul.
He expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Baba Ramdev for promoting yoga across the world.