The International Yoga Day is said to be a way by which people can give salutes to the healthy and fit lifestyle. This is so as Yoga means fitness and International Yoga Day is most awaited and anticipated day globally which is being celebrated worldwide to make the citizen of the world to be aware of the Yoga and its importance. Happy International Yoga Day Status
We celebrate the International Yoga Day each and every year on 21st June so this year on 2020, we will celebrate International Yoga Day on this date. Being International Yoga Day is already popular festival in the abroad and they are celebrating the day with full rejoice. Happy International Yoga Day Quotes
International Yoga Day 2020
But in India we started celebrating International Yoga Day as the rejoicing of this day is proposed by none other than our honorable Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The International Yoga Day is formally announced and declared by the internationally recognized the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), on the December 11, 2014, year. And the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), also said that each country will be celebrating the day on 21st June, every year globally. Happy Yoga Day Images
Significances’ and importance of the International Yoga Day
The International Yoga Day is commonly or unofficially address as the Yoga Day, is celebrated annually on 21 June since its inception in 2020. An international day for yoga was declared unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 11 December 2014.
Yoga is a physical, mental or spiritual practice credited mostly to India. As it is said to be the India, means Bharath back then busy practicing Yoga since the ancient times in order to stay fit. Eventually, the practices of Yoga spread in the world and the whole world adopted this practice.
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The respected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his UN address suggested the date of 21 June, as it is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and shares the special significance of the Yoga in many parts of the world.
He also said that 21st June is the ideal day to celebrates the day as the International Yoga Day as in this day it will be easy for most of the people to perform the practice.
Over 180 countries will participate in International Yoga Day 2020:
Over 180 countries will participate and will be taking part in this International Yoga Day 2020, being celebrated on Wednesday 21, informed Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar.
“In Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to people that in a family of three generations, all the three generations should perform Yoga and upload their pictures in the Narendra Modi App,” the minister said, as reported by news agency ANI. “This (Yoga) is India’s prescription of wellness to the world,” he added further.
International Yoga Day Slogans
he chakras are very intelligent – they are like the software of the whole computer body.
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
Don’t move the way fear makes you move. Move the way love makes you move. Move the way joy makes you move.
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming. Yoga is designed for a vast and profound purpose, and for it to be truly called yoga, its essence must be embodied.
The Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik is hopeful that all countries will participate in the third International Yoga Day in 2017. “The program was held in 199 countries last year. This year, more countries will be added to the list and programs will be held through our embassies and missions,” he told Indo-Asian News Service earlier.
Indian states too are organizing special events to celebrate the International Yoga Day 2020, the day is also being regarded as the World Yoga Day 2020.
The “International Day of Yoga”, is also much respected and praiseworthy day of the country as the honorable PM is connected with the day.
Guru Ramdev statement about the International Yoga Day
“We have given the world spirituality and India must dominate in this matter. Yoga should be respected and accepted on the global level,” said Yoga Guru Ramdev.
“I am sure that under Modi’s governance, yoga would be made compulsory in educational institutions. To make students world citizens, at least one chapter of yoga must be compulsory in educational institutes,” he added further.
Meanwhile, events for International Yoga Day 2020 have already kicked off in several countries from the last week as in this Wednesday the Yoga Day will be celebrating with the full glory. Yoga enthusiasts, dressed in white, performed various asanas at Yoga events which are coordinated and held in the whole world.
Yoga Day 2020 Quotes
A photographer gets people to pose for him. A yoga instructor gets people to pose for themselves.” » T. Guillemets
Rid your body of its impurities, let your speech be true and sweet, feel friendship for the world, and with humility seek wealth and knowledge.
I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.
I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.
In the practice of Yoga one can emphasize the body, the mind or the self and hence the effort can never be fruitless.
The quality of our breath expresses our inner feelings.
International Yoga Day Slogans
Here’s a quick look some International Yoga Day 2020 quotes, status and event detail:
International Yoga Day 2020 in United Nations (UN)
The UN headquarters in New York light-up with the word ‘Yoga’ for International Yoga Day 2020. This is the second consecutive year that the UN headquarters is celebrating the event. Actor Anupam Kher switched the illumination lights for this Yoga day celebration.
International Yoga Day 2020 in China
As thousands of people participate in Yoga Day 2020 events, Chinese officials claim that this is the second most massive event of the Yoga in China, after India globally.
Several events are being organized across the country in the various locations including the Great Wall of China. Over the years, yoga becomes very popular festival in the China.
Origin of the International Yoga Day
The idea of an International Day of Yoga was the first originates and proposed by the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi during his speech at the UNGA, on 27 September 2014 spoke about Yoga and how it is important to have it in our life.
Yoga is an invaluable gift of India’s ancient tradition. It embodies the unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being.
It is not about exercise but indeed Yoga also discovers oneness with yourself, the world and nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help in well-being. Let us work towards adopting an International Yoga Day.
— Narendra Modi, UN General Assembly
Following this initial proposal, the UNGA held informal consultations on the draft resolution entitled “International Day of Yoga”, on 14 October 2014. The consultations were assembling by the handing over of India.
Best Quotes and Slogan for International Yoga Day 2017
“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.”
“You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.” Sharon Gannon
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built. RUMI
“Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.” B. K. S. Iyengar.
“Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace – Bhagavad Gita”
“The world is the gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong – Swami Vivekananda”
“In the Practice of Yoga once can emphasize the body, the mind or the self and hence the effort can never be fruitless….”
“Yoga is not about Touching Your Toes.
It’s about Unlocking Your Ideas about what You want,
Where You Think You can Go, And How will You Achieve when You get there”
“Yoga is the Foundation of Youth.
You’re only as Young as Your Spine is Flexible. Wishing You Happy International Yoga Day 2020”
