To highlight the significance of yoga and naturopathy among the people, the International Naturopathy Organisation (INO) in collaboration with Ministry of AYUSH held an interactive session here on Sunday to encourage people and urged them to participate more in yoga and naturopathy to stay fit and healthy. Around 800 yoga teachers, naturopathy doctors, students from all over 21 States participated in the conference. The session was to set the ball rolling for the mega event on June 21, to mark World Yoga day where Prime Minister Modi will lead the yoga asanas at Rajpath with around 177 countries joining hands with the PM. As many as 45,000 people will perform yoga from across the globe, making it a historic event.
Urging people to actively participate in yoga and naturopathy to stay fit and healthy, the INO, in collaboration with Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), held an interactive session at Constitution Club of India here on Sunday to encourage people. Around 800 yoga teachers, naturopathy doctors and students from 21 States participated in the conference.
The gala event, stated to be a 35-minute demonstration, will kick off as soon as the sun rays touch Rajpath on June 21. The entire act will be displayed on large lED screens from 7 am to 7.35 am. While talking to The Pioneer, Shripad Naik, Minister of AYUSH said: “For the unique event, all the participants are getting training at our 100 yoga centres spread countrywide. They will perform 15 asanas under the supervision of Dr Ishwar V Basavaraddi, Director of Morarji Desai National Yoga Institute.” “All the Cabinet Ministers, Secretaries are invited to the special occasion which is going to happen for the first time in India,” said Naik, adding that Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have also been invited.
Yoga professionals coming from overseas will have a two-day interactive session at Vigyan Bhavan. “The session will be organised by yoga experts to familiarise foreigners with the importance and value of yoga and naturopathy so that they can spread it to their country.” Moreover, Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty, Akshay Kumar and cricketer Virat Kohli are also likely to be the part of the grand event as brand ambassadors, said Naik.