Modi: Yoga can help us to defeat the coronavirus
Exhorting people to learn and include specific yoga techniques in their daily routine to boost immunity and defeat the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that yoga gives strength and patience in a crisis.
Addressing the nation on the sixth International Yoga Day, celebrated annually on June 21, Mr Modi said: “This is a great ability for any person… not giving up and being in a balanced state during adversity. Yoga gives strength during these times. A practitioner of yoga never loses patience during a crisis.” He added: “Yoga helps boost our confidence and morale so we can overcome crises and win. It also helps us to develop discipline and stamina.”
Mr Modi said: “Today the world is realising the importance of yoga even
more due to the coronavirus pandemic. If our immunity is strong, we can more effectively defeat this disease.”
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New Delhi, June 21: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said practicing yoga can help keep the body fit and mind serene amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Extending greetings on the International Day of Yoga, he said the ancient science of yoga is India’s great gift to the world.
“Glad to see more and more people adopting it,” he tweeted and shared some of his pictures in which he is seen performing yoga.
“Amid stress and strife, especially with #Covid19, practicing Yoga can help keep the body fit and mind serene,” the president said in another tweet.
President Kovind practices yoga daily, a Rashtrapati Bhavan official said. With the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic looming large, the International Day of Yoga is being marked on digital media platforms sans mass gatherings.
This year’s theme is ‘Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family’.
On December 11, 2014, the United Nations General Assembly had declared June 21 as ‘International Day of Yoga’.