Vice President Recommends Educational Institutes to Include Yoga in Online Learning Programs

On International Yoga Day, the Vice-President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, has urged all educational institutions to include Yoga as part of online learning programs as he believes that Yoga is the best option to improve the body's immunity in this pandemic.

M. Venkaiah Naidu, the vice president, urges educational institutions to include Yoga as part of online learning programs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic to improve immunity. //

He said children must be introduced to the ancient Indian technique at a young age.

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‘Yoga remains an incredibly simple yet powerful instrument to prevent and control lifestyle diseases.’

Naidu was speaking at the digital ’Yoga and Meditation Shivir’ organized by SPIC MACAY on the occasion of International Day of Yoga.

The Vice President said that Yoga is a unique gift of India to the world, which is successfully transforming millions of lives around the globe.

"I am glad that ’UNICEF Kid Power’ has listed 13 Yoga stretches and poses for children," Naidu said on the occasion of the 6th International Yoga Day.

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Observing that the 5,000-year-old tradition is not a mere workout, he said, "It is a science that emphasizes balance, poise, grace, equanimity, peace, and harmony".

Various components of yoga such as postures, breathing exercises, and meditation techniques together help in bringing about a positive transformation in the human body and mind in innumerable ways, he said.

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Calling for large-scale scientific experimentation to further explore the immense possibilities of Yoga as a wellness solution, Naidu said Yoga as a mode of therapy or Yog Chikitsa has become extremely popular. He said that a large number of studies offer scientific evidence for its potential to treat a number of diseases.

Referring to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the people’s physical and mental health, the Vice President said, "Indeed the world is going through challenging times, and we simply cannot allow the pandemic to get the better of us. We have to unite and put up a stronger fight and to ensure that we are healthy, both physically and mentally."

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He said that yoga could be an effective solution for the high level of stress that the pandemic has created in our lives. "Yoga is a relatively low-risk, high-yield approach to improving overall health, and its full potential must be harnessed," he added.

Pointing out that the pandemic is not the only health crisis that has threatened people’s wellbeing, he expressed concern over the increase in lifestyle diseases.

Quoting WHO, he said it was estimated that 63 percent of all deaths in India in 2016 was because of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). "Yoga remains an incredibly simple but powerful instrument to prevent and control lifestyle diseases," Naidu observed.

Source-IANS