JAMMU: To commemorate the celebration of 9th International Yoga Day, Principal Secretary Education, Alok Kumar, today attended Yoga Day at Wave Mall Jammu.
The event was organised by the Directorate of Samagra Shiksha, J&K, in collaboration with 92.7 Big FM and Bhartiya Yog Sansthan, where hundreds of students, teachers and locals participated.
Project Director Samagra Shiksha, Deep Raj, Director School Education Jammu, Ashok Sharma, Director Finance, Iftikhar Hussain, Special Secretary, Anu Behl, Director Planning, Ashu Gupta, Joint Director Planning, Deputy Director, Field Advisor, Pardhan Bhartiya Yog Sanstha, Cluster Head, Big 92.7 FM among other officers and officials graced the occasion.
The event started with the lighting of a Lamp and Sarswati Vandhna followed by various Yog Asanas. Instructors from reputed institutes demonstrated the Yog Asana for the participants along with its benefits. The experts demonstrated different Asanas starting from ‘Surya Namaskar’ to Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose). They explained that this ancient form of fitness with roots in India focuses on developing mental and physical balance besides boosting strength and flexibility.
While interacting with the students and media fraternity, Principal Secretary said that Yoga is the best and only way to bring body and mind together for mental and physical fitness. He said that every year, on June 21, the International Day of Yoga is being celebrated across the globe. This year, the 9th edition of the International Day of Yoga is being celebrated on the theme of “Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, which means One Earth, One Family, One Future and One Health.
He said that School Education Department shall arrange Yoga Training for at least one school in each School Complex, covering around 800 schools across the UT, who shall work as ambassadors for other nearby institutions.
“Practicing Yoga and learning Yoga at an early age can have enormous advantages on the general well-being as well as progress and prosperity of students, besides keeping us physically fit. It also promotes, peace and harmony and boost mental health to live a life free from illness,” he added.
