Over 10K converge at Green Park to celebrate Yoga Day

Time of India

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Kanpur: Around 10,000 citizens performed yoga asanas on the occasion of
International Yoga Day
at Green Park stadium on Saturday and pledged to adopt yoga in their daily routines for better fitness and health.
The largest gathering took place at Green Park, where VIPs performed asanas under the direction of a yog guru on the theme of 'Yoga for one earth one health'. Chief guest Satish Mahana, speaker of the legislative assembly, lit the lamp to inaugurate the programme, conveying the message of solidarity, health and peace.
Attendees also watched and listened to the live telecast of an address by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Visakhapatnam.
In his brief remarks, Mahana highlighted that June 21 is now recognized worldwide as International Yoga Day and celebrated as a national festival.
Emphasising benefits of yoga, he said yoga is not just for physical health, but also for mental and intellectual development, teaching discipline and bringing balance to life. District magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh, while welcoming guests, pointed out that yoga practice is rooted in Indian Sanskrit tradition and that such programmes spread awareness about its advantages, encouraging everyone to make yoga a daily habit.
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Rahul Yaduvanshi, Vibha Tripathi, Art of Living yoga guru Supriya Vidyarthi, Puneet Awasthi, Shukul Srivastava and others led asanas such as tadaasan, surya namaskar, trikon asana, setubandh asana, with the audience following their steps for 45 minutes. Vibha Tripathi's troupe performed advanced asanas to music, captivating the onlookers.
The administration had also set up several selfie points for visitors to commemorate the day.
MP Ramesh Awasthi, Surendra Maithani MLA, Arun Pathak MLC, divisional commissioner Vijendra Pandyan, Police commissioner Akhil Kumar, Swapnil Varun member Zila Panchayat, and all district officials attended the programme.
JCI Kanpur Industrial organised a prominent yoga event at The Sports Hub, with about 100 members actively participating. An expert yoga team from Jhansi, Haridwar and Rishikesh led yoga sessions, promoting physical, mental and spiritual well-being.
Both modern and traditional forms, such as free flow yoga, aerial yoga, mallakhamb act, healing sessions and meditation, were also demonstrated.
Institutions such as National Sugar Institute, Indian Medical Association, Arya Kanya Inter College, Chota Center park, and Kendriya Vidyalya OEF also marked yoga day by holding programmes and practising yoga. Cawnpore Club celebrates Yoga Day
Cawnpore Club celebrated International Yoga Day in the Yoga Hall of the club. Director of Sports and Fitness and also the environment enthusiast of the Cawnpore club, Sanjay Gupta informed informed that every year Cawnpore club organises this event in most innovative way. Hundreds of club members and other associates of the club takes part in Yoga day with full enthusiasm along with their family members. Speaking on the occasion, he described the importance of Yoga in everyone's daily life.
He said that in today's challenging world if one needs to overcome problems like anxiety and mental illness, doing Yoga for few minutes everyday can easily help. Present on the occasion were other prominent members and dignitaries.