A day to stop, breathe and do yoga
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FROM the deck of an aircraft carrier to the sub-zero temperatures of a Himalayan military outpost, tens of thousands of Indians joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday to celebrate the third International Yoga Day.
Rains failed to dampen the spirits of about 50,000 people who joined in an outdoor yoga session with the prime minister in a park in Lucknow, capital of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Modi’s official Twitter handle, which has more than 30 million followers, posted pictures of mass yoga sessions in China, Colombia, the United States, Paraguay, Mexico, Italy, Singapore and atop Machu Picchu, a 15th century Inca citadel in Peru.
“Yoga has connected the world with India,” Modi, looking relaxed in white track pants and blue-collared T-shirt, told a cheering crowd. “Yoga is about health assurance. It is not even expensive to practice.”
Social media was flooded with pictures of yoga, the country’s signature cultural export, being performed in various places, including an Indian Navy submarine and the landing deck of an aircraft carrier.
Modi pushed for the annual event to be celebrated worldwide after winning power in 2014, promoting a lifestyle industry that is estimated to be worth about US$80 billion.
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