Indian HC, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus host special yoga session Ahead of International Yoga Day

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Nicosia (Cyprus) June 17, 2025 (ANI): Ahead of International Yoga Day 2025, the High Commission of India and the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) hosted a special yoga session at the UNFICYP Headquarters' Hangar. After his participation, Indian HC said, "...if you recall, it was in 2015 that the UN declared 21st June as International Day of Yoga. So, in the run up to this, we partnered with the UN Peacekeeping Mission here in Cyprus to organise this event and the UN troops here participated in large numbers...This year's theme is Yoga for One Earth and One Health and in this era everybody needs something to calm down, reflect within themself and Yoga is that tool which brings inner peace, physical wellbeing and calms the mind..."

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00:00The High Commission of India in conducting this beautiful yoga session.

00:30Today we are gathered here in the UNICEF headquarters, which is United Nations peacekeeping mission

00:43in Cyprus.

00:45The significance is very close to the 10th anniversary celebration of International Day

00:51of Yoga, because if you recall, it was in 2015 that United Nations declared 21st June

00:58as International Day of Yoga.

01:00So in the run-up to this, we partnered with the UN peacekeeping mission here in Cyprus

01:06to organize this event, and the UN troops here participated in large numbers, and thanks

01:14to the Special Secretary General's representative, Mr. Colin Stewart, and our Indian officer who

01:22is posted here for this major dharampal Singh, and all the team members here who came today

01:31to celebrate it.

01:33Yoga, this year's theme, as you all know, is yoga for one earth and one health.

01:39And in this era, everybody needs something to calm down, reflect within themselves, and yoga

01:50is that tool which brings inner peace, physical well-being, and calming the mind.

01:59And so, with this theme, we partnered with UN people here, and yoga is very popular, otherwise

02:07also in Cyprus.

02:09On 21st June, we have planned for a big celebration in Lemassol.

02:14And in the run-up to this International Day of Yoga, we have partnered with various yoga clubs

02:22in Cyprus to do a curtain-raiser event, and we have done till now about 15 such events.

02:31And with UN, we had done one other event earlier in other sector.

02:35So basically, what we do is try to bring this ancient wisdom to the people of Cyprus for them

02:44to adopt it for their healthy life and well-being.

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