Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said practising Yoga has helped people “muster confidence and strength” to fight against the pandemic world over and sought to recall as how frontline Corona warriors adopted Yoga as their “shield” and made themselves “strong” by practising it.
Speaking on the International Yoga Day', the Prime Minister said experts are stressing the importance of breathing exercises like pranayama and 'anulom-vilom' for strengthening our respiratory system.
The Prime Minister also launched an 'mYoga app' that will be available worldwide. “In collaboration with WHO, India has taken another important step. We will be launching the mYoga app which will have yoga training videos in different languages for people across the world. This will help us achieve our ‘One World, One Health’ motto,” he added
Modi said despite the pandemic, this year’s theme for Seventh International Yoga Day –”Yoga for wellness” has raised the morale of people and he wished for health of every country, society and individual and hoped that “we will be united and will strengthen each other.”
The Prime Minister pointed out that it was easy for countries to forget Yoga Day during the pandemic as it is not intrinsic to their culture but, instead, enthusiasm for Yoga has increased globally.
Yoga helped people to muster confidence and strength to fight with the pandemic world over including Corona warriors, he said.
Quoting Tamil saint Thiruvalluvar, the Prime Minister said yoga goes to the root cause of disease and is instrumental in healing. He expressed satisfaction that globally, research is being conducted in the healing properties of Yoga.
He noted studies on immunity through yoga and children doing yog during their online classes. He said this is preparing children to fight Corona.
The Prime Minister emphasized the holistic nature of yoga and said that it takes care of physical health as well as mental health.
Quoting from Gita, the Prime Minister said we need to continue moving on the collective journey of yoga as it has a solution for everyone.