{"id":39569,"date":"2019-06-25T12:39:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-celebrates-international-day-of-yoga\/"},"modified":"2019-06-25T15:01:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T15:01:22","slug":"rwanda-celebrates-international-day-of-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-celebrates-international-day-of-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda celebrates International Day of Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The celebration of the international event saw over 300 Yoga enthusiasts, including members of the diplomatic corps based in Kigali, Indians, Rwandan and foreign yoga teachers.<br \/>\nThe event included several Yoga sessions, a short film on Yoga\u2019s history and a message of the Prime Minister of India, H.E. Narendra Modi on the occasion of the Yoga Day.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event, the High Commissioner of India to Rwanda, Oscar Kerketta said that Yoga brings about harmony between man and nature and is a holistic approach towards health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a misconception about Yoga that it is associated with certain religions. Yoga is universal and has nothing to do with religion. People of all religions can practice Yoga to live a healthy life without compromising on their religious beliefs,\u201d says Kerketta.<\/p>\n<p>Kerketta further added that Yoga can be practiced in complementarity with other forms of physical activities like jogging, swimming, aerobics, or any other sports.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of having an International Day of Yoga was mooted by Prime Minister Modi at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2014, following which, a resolution was adopted by the United Nations to declare June 21 as the International Day of Yoga. The resolution was co-sponsored by 177 nations, which is a record in UN history. This year marks the 5th International Day of Yoga.<\/p>\n<p>Yoga evolved in India more than 5000 years ago and along with Ayurveda has been an integral part of the traditional Indian healthcare system. What separates Yoga from another form of fitness activities is its focus on mind and breathing.<\/p>\n<p>A large number of scientific studies have come up which prove that Yoga and meditation can ward off stress and diseases. Scientists have begun to recognize the beneficial effects of Yoga in dealing with lifestyle and other diseases such as back pain, insomnia, cancer, heart diseases, etc&#8230; Yoga enthusiasts also underline the importance of Yoga in dealing with Climate Change. Yoga practitioners become more conscious consumers, which has a positive effect on the environment. Yoga\u2019s goal is to enable one to discover the sense of oneness with the world and nature.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30021 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-2648-1704d.jpg\" alt=\"For the occasion a short film on Yoga\u2019s history was screened \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30022 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-2452-3ba22.jpg\" alt=\"A message of the Prime Minister of India, H.E. Narendra Modi on the occasion of the Yoga Day. was screened \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30023 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/4-1713-1a7ad.jpg\" alt=\"A large number of scientific studies prove that Yoga and meditation can ward off stress and diseases\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30024 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/5-1449-d3296.jpg\" alt=\"What separates Yoga from another form of fitness activities is its focus on mind and breathing.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30025 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/7-1106-9a00c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30026 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-968-84f7f.jpg\" alt=\"Yoga\u2019s goal is to enable one to discover the sense of oneness with the world and nature\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30027 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/10-815-a656e.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Commission of India in Rwanda, in partnership with the Indian Association of Rwanda, organized the Celebration of the 5th International Day of Yoga at Kigali Convention Centre last Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[115],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homeadvert","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39569"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=39569"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=39569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}