3 min learnDelhiUp to date: Jun 22, 2026 11:37 AM IST
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Sunday stated yoga shouldn’t be merely a type of bodily train however a lifestyle, and asserted that his authorities is dedicated to its wider growth and institutional growth.
He was addressing a state-level mass yoga programme organised on the PG Faculty Floor in Ambikapur, the headquarters of Surguja district, on the event of the twelfth Worldwide Yoga Day.
The state authorities has accredited a proposal to carry the topic of yoga beneath the Division of Medical Training from the Social Welfare Division to advertise its institutional progress, Sai stated.
“Yoga is a vital element of the Ayush system. The choice will give new path and momentum to yoga training, coaching, analysis and public consciousness actions,” he stated.
Sai stated the federal government’s purpose is to take yoga to each village, college, school and part of society so {that a} wholesome way of life turns into a mass motion.
He described yoga as a useful reward of India’s historic rishi (saint) custom that has proven the world the trail of a wholesome, balanced and peaceable life.
“Yoga is not only bodily train, however a lifestyle that creates concord between the physique, thoughts and soul and offers internal power, self-discipline, optimistic power and a balanced outlook in direction of life,” the CM famous.
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He stated this 12 months’s Worldwide Yoga Day theme, “Swasth Aayu ke liye Yoga” (yoga for wholesome ageing), displays the necessity of the hour.
Amid quickly altering existence, rising stress and rising well being challenges, yoga has emerged as one of many easiest and only technique of well being safety for folks of all age teams, he stated, including that common follow retains people bodily lively, mentally alert and emotionally balanced.
“A wholesome particular person is the inspiration of a wholesome household, a wholesome society and a developed nation. Due to this fact, yoga mustn’t stay confined to an annual occasion however develop into part of every day life,” Sai stated.
He credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management for giving yoga world recognition, recalling that India’s proposal on the United Nations Normal Meeting in 2014 acquired widespread assist in file time.
“The keenness with which the world celebrates Worldwide Yoga Day on June 21 is a proud instance of India’s cultural heritage and world management,” he stated.
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On the event, Sai carried out yoga together with 1000’s of residents, college students, ladies, youths, public representatives and officers.
He appealed, significantly to youngsters and youth, to make yoga part of their every day routine, saying it helps develop focus, self-confidence, self-discipline and optimistic considering.
State Well being and Household Welfare Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, MLAs Prabodh Minj and Ramkumar Toppo, Chhattisgarh Yoga Fee chairman Sanjay Agrawal and different public representatives have been current on the occasion.
