jj correspondent
Srinagar, June 21: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said everyone should make Yoga a part of their daily routine to live stress free and healthy life.
Addressing the Yoga enthusiasts at the 9th International Yoga Day Celebrations at Botanical Garden, Srinagar, Lt Governor said, everyone should make Yoga a part of their daily routine for stress free and healthy life.
Yoga is not just a physical exercise, but it also symbolizes the spirit of oneness between body-mind and the nature he said adding this rich and ancient tradition, based on prevention for better health, has been accepted by the medical science and researchers as a unique and significant practice of traditional system of medicine which offers tremendous physical and mental health benefits for people of all ages, he said.
For Yoga, one needs both physical and mental discipline, so that body and mind do not function separately but work in an integrated manner, Lt Governor said.
In today’s world, doctors, while prescribing the medicine for disease, always give free and important advice on bringing change in lifestyle for long term health. Yoga is the medium which brings change in the lifestyle and strengthens the bond between people, he further said.
“Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, One World, One Health. This year’s theme underlines the vision of “One Earth, One Family, One Future” of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji,” Lt Governor said.
“Yoga is India’s greatest gift to humanity and it has transcended the boundary of religion, sect and geographical barriers to bring happiness in people’s lives,” he said.
Lt Governor said the first Sutra of Maharshi Patanjali-Now the Discipline of Yoga and second one on cessation of the mind, is the key to understand Yoga.
Body-mind together as one in the present moment, here and now helps to reduce stress level, brings mindfulness and improves physical strength, he added.
“The great sage Maharshi Patanjali has observed that disorder within our body-mind is the main reason for stress, anxiety, inflammation in the body and heart diseases. Yoga brings harmony in our body-mind,” he observed. UNI
