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International Yoga Day celebrations to go virtual

Live sessions to mark the day amid the Covid-19 health crisis

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Avneet Kaur

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Jalandhar, June 20

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Since its inception in 2015 to upto last year, the International Yoga Day used to be a gala affair. People in large numbers used to participate in group activities to mark the day, however, this time, the Covid-19 guidelines have changed the way the event is being observed. This year, the theme for the day is ‘Yoga at home and Yoga with family’, reflecting the need to maintain social distancing.

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There will be no mass gathering in city or any of the public parks or at centralised places for group yoga. Various NGOs, political parties, schools, colleges among other organisations who used to celebrate the day with group activities on a large scale, have opted to go virtual and will be conducting live sessions via Zoom, Facebook and Microsoft team. Even they have asked people to use hashtags #YogaAtHome #YogaWithFamily #IDY2020 #YogaMyLife etc in their posts on social media.

Talking to The Tribune, Dr Anoop Sharma, Principal, KRM DAV College, Nakodar, said, as per the guidelines received from the Ministry of Human Resource Development and state government, all schools and colleges will be celebrating the day virtually by conducting live yoga sessions and that too between 7 am to 8 am as there is an annular solar eclipse tomorrow beginning at 9 am onwards.

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“We have planned to conduct the yoga session via Zoom from college premises itself, while, the students and their parents would be joining it through the link and the meeting Id that has been forwarded to them via SMS and Whatsapp groups”, said Sharma, adding that special instructions in this regard has also been given by the NSS and NCC units which in coordination with the colleges would be supervising the activity.

Meanwhile, BJP District President and councilor, Sushil Sharma said he and all his party workers would do ‘ghar pe yog’ on Sunday to mark the day. “We have also asked residents to make their videos or go live on Facebook will performing the art in order to send out a message globally that India never stops to celebrate its culture and traditions not even during the pandemic,” he added.

Another Yogi Gurudev, who runs a renowned yoga centre, Aanand Sadhna Kendra, here, said, “Understanding the gravity of the situation, it is best if everyone performs yoga at their home. Although, I have been organising online yoga sessions for a long time now as when the lockdown was announced, I immediately shifted to virtual mode, but for tomorrow, I have decided to go live through my Facebook page, so that all those who want to practice the art may join me from their homes,” he said.

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