PIONEER NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun
The President of India Droupadi Murmu said since 2015, Yoga has become a common heritage of the entire humanity and it is an important example of India’s soft power. She was addressing a programme after participating in a mass yoga performance at Police Line grounds in Dehradun, on the International day of Yoga on Saturday. The President greeted all the participants practicing yoga on the day around the world.
She said that yoga is the art of living a healthy life, adopting which benefits the body, mind and overall personality of a human being. “When a person is healthy, the family tends to remain healthy. When the family and society remain healthy, the country remains healthy,’’ she said.
The President added that ‘yoga’ means ‘to connect’. The practice of yoga connects the body, mind and soul of a person and makes the person healthy. She said that yoga can also connect one person to another person, one community to another community and one country to another country.
Murmu said that it is a common belief that the policy of prevention is better than cure is more effective. Yoga is considered very useful in prevention. She urged everyone to make yoga an integral part of life and to inspire others to practice yoga.
The President, who was on a three day visit to Uttarakhand left for New Delhi on Saturday afternoon.
