Recognizing yoga’s universal appeal, on 11 December 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga by General Assembly resolution 69/131. The International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practicing...
Recognizing yoga’s universal appeal, on 11 December 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga by General Assembly resolution 69/131. The International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of...
Under the direction of Ambassador M.S. Puri, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, brought out a souvenir publication on the occasion of the 4th UN International Day of Yoga on 21 June 2018, in collaboration with the Madan Mohan Malviya Mission, an educational and...
In 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga. The 2017 main events at UN Headquarters in New York, held on 20 and 21 June, were organized by the Permanent Mission of India in association with the UN Department of Public Information...
Excerpt from San Diego Union Tribune Yoga fest draws big crowd to Balboa Park“Pilgrimage of the Heart, a local group that runs two yoga studios and follows the teachings of Sri Chinmoy, hosted the festival.” To celebrate the United Nations International Day of Yoga,...
In honour of the International Day of Yoga, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly as 21 June each year, these messages are presented by Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations, in conjunction with the Sri Chinmoy Centre, an NGO affiliated with UN/DPI....
On the occasion of the 3rd UN International Day of Yoga on 21 June 2017, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, under the inspired leadership of Ambassador M.S. Puri, brought out a souvenir publication comprised of contributions from masters and practitioners of Yoga...
The Peace Meditation Choir had the honour of performing arrangements of Sri Chinmoy’s songs dedicated to the UN and peace at a programme entitled “Yoga and the UN Culture of Peace.” The event was held at the United Nations in the prestigious Economic and Social...
UN International Day of Yoga, was first proposed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech to the General Assembly in September 2014. The Assembly later unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing that “wider dissemination of information about the...
