Every year, June 21 is celebrated as the International Day of Yoga. The theme for International Yoga Day 2019 is Climate Action. A mind and body practice originated in ancient India, yoga has a history of more than 5000 years. Today yoga is being practiced across the globe as a popular form of exercise and meditation. Yoga has different styles and disciplines and all of them involve physical postures, breathing techniques, meditation and relaxation.
The Yoga Sutra, a 2,000-year-old treatise on yoga written by Patanjali, explains how to master the mind, control the emotions, and grow spiritually through yoga. The primary goal of modern practitioners of yoga is fitness, though the ancient yogis aimed expanding spiritual energy and mental focus by practicing yoga. The International Day of Yoga celebrated every year on June 21 with an aim to create awareness about the benefits of yoga. It was on December 11, 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21 as ‘International Day of Yoga’.
Some of the benefits of yoga include
1. Decreases anxiety
2. Relieves stress
3. Reduces inflammation
4. Improves heart health
5. Fights depression
6. Improves quality of sleep
7. Improves flexibility and balance
8. Improves breathing
9. Relieves migraine
10. Increase strength
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