Introduction – International Yoga Day will be celebrated annually on June 21 worldwide to raise awareness about the health benefits of practicing yoga.  Yoga Day is celebrated every year on June 21 because it is the longest day of the year. The main purpose of this international day is to highlight the benefits of practicing yoga for health. This International Day recognizes yoga, an ancient Indian art that positively affects physical, spiritual well-being, and mental health.

Yoga is also as physical exercise, which helps in lowering stress, depression, anxiety, and tension, which is beneficial for your mental health. It is also beneficial in reducing blood pressure, preventing obesity, lowering cholesterol, and maintaining sugar levels in the blood which is good for your heart health. Yoga also improves lung function which increases the capacity of your lungs. It is also beneficial in lowering stress and depression so that the individual feels relaxed and gets a good sleep which is also good for your health.

Yoga also helps in making strong muscles, reducing joint pain, and improving mobility by practicing yoga regularly in the morning. It is also beneficial in making strong bones that lower the risk of fractures, which is beneficial for your bone health. Practicing yoga regularly also helps in reducing weight which prevents several serious diseases including maintaining blood pressure, reducing cholesterol and weight, and many more that are beneficial for your heart health. It is also beneficial in preventing back pain by increasing strength and flexibility and is good for preventing different types of back pain.

History – The United Nations General Assembly announced that International Yoga Day is celebrated annually on June 21 across the world. It is the great achievement of our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi that the whole world celebrates Yoga Day on June 21 worldwide. Firstly, this international was observed on June 21 in the year 2015 all around the world. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India proposed the idea of celebrating International Yoga Day in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Indian Prime Minister also emphasized the significance of practicing Yoga regularly in our daily life and as an invaluable gift from an ancient tradition of India which was mentioned in his speech. Yoga may have originated thousands of years ago in our country also mentioned in ancient mythological books including Rig Veda.

Significance – Practicing Yoga regularly is beneficial for your heart health by lowering blood pressure, maintaining blood sugar levels, and lowering cholesterol. It also improves sleep quality and is beneficial for your mental health by relieving depression, lowering stress, and reducing anxiety. Yoga also helps in lowering joint pain improving mobility, and is beneficial for your bone health. The main advantage of practicing yoga daily is to calm or refresh the mind with the improvement of concentration and patience that powers to fight against life challenges in the future life.

Daily practicing yoga and pranayama may help in maintaining the purification of the internal system of the human body. Yoga provides mental and physical relaxation and is also beneficial in improving strength and developing resilience or flexibility. During the Covid pandemic, Yoga is beneficial in calming the mind and improving physical fitness by lowering stress, depression, and weight. Thus, the main aim of this International Day is to emphasize the benefits of yoga in heart health, mental health, and physical fitness that lower the risk of several severe diseases.