Washington, DC (US): Indian Embassy organised a Yoga session in Washington, DC, ahead of International Day of Yoga on June 21. A large number of people participated in the Yoga session at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
00:15Hold your ankle joint, if not, keep the palms on the ground.
00:21Palms facing toward the sky of your body.
00:25I'm a yoga and meditation instructor from Ananda Marga, based in Flushing, New York.
00:32But we're down here celebrating with the people here in Washington, D.C.
00:38Talk about yoga spreading, you know, worldwide.
00:41And ever since India declared, and the UN declared, Yoga Day, how is yoga really picked up, and how popular is yoga in the United States?
00:50Yeah, so yoga is widely popular already, of course.
00:54We would like to see, we would like to bring yoga to every household around the world, because it has so much benefit.
01:00It's a universal practice to be recognized around the world.
01:03And the deeper aspects of yoga are perhaps not so much known yet.
01:08So I think we are here to spread awareness of the original purpose of yoga, to actually attain a sense of freedom or oneness with the universe.
01:19So that's a deeper aspect of yoga that's very much related to meditation.
01:23And then the yoga postures, which are known as yoga asanas, are a part of the practice, part of a holistic system to support the mind,
01:31to attain freedom from unpleasant feelings and emotions and thoughts, to feel relaxed, peaceful, deeply peaceful, and then to make the body healthy.
01:44So we promote yoga as a way to balance your glandular system and meditation to attain freedom and peace of mind.
01:52I want to congratulate Prime Minister Modi for starting this 11 years ago.
01:57And I like today's topic being one earth, one health.
02:02And as a physician, I believe in health and yoga is as essential as breathing air and taking medication.
02:12And for children, it helps with the attention span, concentration, able to focus on task and able to complete the task.
02:20So children do not require any medication like Adderall and also Mother Earth.
02:25I like that topic because I want to save this Mother Earth because I'm sending Raja Yoga vibration to each and every human souls and each and every living being.
02:39So with this vibration, they become peaceful, loving, caring.
