International Yoga Day is celebrated worldwide on June 21st each year to highlight the benefits of yoga. This year's theme focuses on how yoga can help cure COVID-19 and achieve holistic health. The origins of yoga date back 5,000 years to India and it aims to unite the mind, body and spirit. The United Nations designated June 21st as International Yoga Day in 2014 at India's request. Yoga has grown increasingly popular in the western world as a form of exercise and stress relief.

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2. On June 21, 2022, the world will celebrate
International Yoga Day 2022 with great
excitement. Yoga is helping people stay energized
and have a robust immune system while the
COVID-19 pandemic continues this year.
The subject for this year’s yoga day focuses
on “How Yoga Can Help You Cure Covid-19”
and “How Yoga Can Help You Achieve Holistic
Health.”
The event’s logo represents Yoga, which is a holistic
approach to health and well-being. The logo with
folded hands (yoga pose) represents the merging of
individual and universal Consciousness, bringing mind
and body, as well as man and nature, into harmony.
International Yoga Day Importance

3. History of
International Yoga Day
People all across the world are getting ready to break out their
yoga mats and start exercising for International Yoga Day.
People may not realize that yoga has been in practice for
millennia.
Yoga is thought to be an ancient discipline that originated in India
5,000 years ago. Yoga is a technique to unite the mind, body, and
spirit in order to go closer to enlightenment. As the technique gained
popularity in the west, it was promoted as a form of exercise and
relaxation, with promises that it could improve overall health,
alleviate physical injuries, and relieve chronic pain.

4. DESIGNATION OF 21ST JUNE
AS INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY
The United Nations General Assembly determined on December 11,
2014, that every year on June 21st, the International Day of Yoga
would be observed. It happened when the Hon’ble Prime Minister
of India, while speaking to the UNGA on September 27, 2014, said
that the International Day of Yoga would be adopted on June 21,
2014.
Every year 21st June is considered to be International Yoga Day. The
first yogi, known as the Adiyogi, faced south and gazed upon the
Saptarishis, or Seven Sages on 21st June. His first pupils, the
Saptarishis, were instrumental in disseminating the science of Yoga
throughout the world. As a result, this day is extremely significant in
human history.

5. FACTS ABOUT YOGA
• Many people in the United States practice yoga.
Around 36 million Americans, or around 10% of the
population, claim to practice yoga on a daily basis.
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• Everyone has one.
There are over a hundred different types of yoga.
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• A social media sensation
On Instagram, 60 million posts are trending at
any given time.
04 • In 1982, the Yoga mat was created.
Angela Farmer created a comfy, non-slip surface by
using carpet underlay.
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• It’s motivational.
Elizabeth Gilbert was inspired to create the best-
selling book “Eat Pray Love” after her yoga
experiences.