Besides the governments and their integrated cultural efforts and activities across the globe on International Day of Yoga, various charities and organisations also did their bit to mark the day. iGlobal listed a couple of them.
Isha Foundation offered a variety of free live online sessions: Yoga & Meditation Sessions with Isha Yoga Teachers. A programme aimed at eliminating anxiety, enhance the joy and relieve physical pain. Also, learn how to prepare two delicious & healthy dishes! Yoga Veera Sessions: Sharing Yogic Tools: 750+ Isha Volunteers across Europe came together to offer 350+ free yoga sessions for peace, health & joy. A selfless pledge to share tools of inner wellbeing designed by Sadhguru.
The All-Party Parliamentary group – Indian traditional Sciences virtually celebrated by holding several Zoom seminars on June 21 from 10 am onwards. Deega Yoga created an Asian Record of performing 12 Surya Namaskar in 12 minutes. 108 children performed Syun Salutation from five different time zones.
A yoga teacher of Swindon Hindu temple, Sri Lokendra Sharma, attempted 108 Sun Salutations on IDY. He said: "No fun in doing it alone, so I started workshop from 1st June to practice Sun Salutations. People of different age groups, gender and background joined me daily for the last 3 weeks. What seemed impossible when we started, seem in striking distance. Most of us are more confident to be able to do 108 Sun Salutation on IDY. The group includes female aged 80 as well."
