UN spotlights power of yoga to help ease COVID stress – Saudi Gazette

UN spotlights power of yoga to help ease COVID stress – Saudi Gazette

UN spotlights power of yoga to help ease COVID stress. NEW YORK - The UN celebrates the sixth annual International Day of Yoga on Sunday, recognizing the ancient practice as a holistic approach to health and wellbeing, and a powerful tool for dealing with the myriad stresses brought on by the COVID-19 pandemicYoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India and is now practiced in various forms around the world.. Yoga is a unique discovery," says Nagaraj Naidu, Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. ". The United Nations proclaimed June 21as the annual International Day of Yoga in 2014 with the adoption of General Assembly resolution 69/131, endorsing a vision set out by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.". Tips for living well in quarantineThe World Health Organization (WHO) has stressed the benefits of yoga from the earliest days of the COVID crisis, recommending the practice as a way to look after physical and mental wellbeing at home.. Yogic practices have the power to liberate people from this mindset and enhance the immune system.".