International Yoga Day: Argentina celebrates World Yoga Day

India’s Ambassador, Asoke Kumar Mukerji.

By Alelí Peiró, 

The message of Yoga in selling each the bodily and psychological well-being of humanity has by no means been extra related.

Argentina is likely one of the international locations with the very best per capita variety of Yoga practitioners in Latin America. On Sunday June 20, 2021, the Embassy of India in Argentina, closed a week-long festivities associated to the Worldwide Yoga Day (IDY). A 3 hour lengthy programme on the premises of the Embassy introduced collectively well-known Argentine artists, nice exponents and establishments of Yoga within the nation.

Cordoba, the second largest metropolis in Argentina, is celebrating IDY organized by the Honorary Consulate of India and the Yoga Discussion board to which I belong and greater than fifty yoga lecturers. This was finished just about and other people carried out Solar Salutation, recited mantras and in addition carried out Indian classical dance. Everybody stated that this apply of Yoga helped them in these tough instances when Argentina was within the midst of coping with COVID-19.

Yoga, the examine of philosophy and the love and respect that Argentines have for the Hindu tradition are robust ties that unite us. This extends to the political and financial areas.

Historical past of IDY

For IDY, folks all over the world are all set to take out their yoga mats and begin exercising, however they won’t remember that yoga goes again centuries.

The concept of IDY was first proposed by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 27, 2014, throughout his speech on the UN Basic Meeting, the place a decision to ascertain June 21 as Worldwide Yoga Day was launched by India’s Ambassador, Asoke Kumar Mukerji.

The date of June 21 was chosen as it’s the Summer time Solstice, the day the place there’s essentially the most solar out of each different day of the yr. General, it acquired help from 177 nations, the very best variety of co-sponsors for any UN decision, proclaiming June 21 because the Worldwide Yoga Day.

Yoga as a robust instrument for well-being in instances of Pandemic

For over a decade I’ve taught Yoga and I’ve included it into all areas of tourism, literature and enterprise firms like Ayi Group. This historical self-discipline could be a useful method to increase your immune system and reduce irritation within the physique. Some type of every day Yoga apply can cut back nervousness and calm the thoughts, thereby enhancing the standard of sleep.

Coronavirus is understood to assault the respiratory system and impair the functioning of the lungs thus placing the affected person’s life in danger. While you apply pranayama (Yoga respiratory workouts) and if finished repeatedly over a time frame ensures that your physique takes extra oxygen. This elevated consumption of oxygen attributable to the improved capability of the lungs helps the physique to heal in a quicker approach.

As I’ve written in my e book `The Infinite in a Sound’ (The e book was impressed upon my experiences throughout my keep in India), “within the West individualism and immediacy prevail. Alternatively, in India they’ve developed a spirit of group and endurance that I take for instance. That is tied to the philosophy of the idea that every factor is a part of the entire, and what one does individually impacts the entire. Man will not be an island however a part of all the pieces. A wholesome society is a stable society. They’ve the smart concept {that a} humanity with out solidarity doesn’t need to be referred to as humanity”.

(The writer is a yoga trainer in College Samadhi Yoga and Ayurveda, and a pioneer of Yoga Trekking in Argentina. She has printed two books on India. Views expressed are private and don’t replicate the official place or coverage of Monetary Categorical On-line.)