Yoga provides the much-needed pause button in stress-filled society: PM Modi

On the 11th International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Modi advocated yoga as a crucial 'pause button' for humanity amidst global tensions, emphasizing its role in fostering peace and balance. He urged the world to embrace 'Yoga for Humanity 2.0,' integrating yoga into lifestyle and policy for a peaceful, balanced world.
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On the 11th International Yoga Day Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized that this form of exercise is the much needed 'pause button' that humanity needs to deal with the increasing tensions, unrest and instability in the world. Yoga gives one the way to peace and helps create the balance to become whole again.Modi joined thousands of people at Visakhapatnam on Saturday to celebrate International Yoga Day. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and others were present on the occasion.Addressing the people gathered at Visakhapatnam, Modi said, 'Unfortunately, today the entire world is going through some kind of tension. Unrest and instability are increasing in many areas. In such a situation, yoga gives us direction to peace. Yoga is the pause button that humanity needs to breathe, to balance, to become whole gain.'He urged the world community to mark this year's Yoga Day as the start of 'Yoga for Humanity 2.O' where attaining inner peace would become a Global Policy.'Under this policy, yoga would not just be a personal practice but become a medium of global partnership. Where every country, every society makes yoga a part of lifestyle and public policy. Where we together give impetus to a peaceful, balanced and sustainable world. Where yoga takes the world from conflict to cooperation, and from tension to solution,' Modi said.The theme of 11th International Day of Yoga was ' Yoga for One Earth, One Health '.'This theme reflects a deep truth. The health of every entity on Earth is interconnected. Human well-being depends on the health of the soil that grows our food, on the rivers that give us water, on the health of the animals that share our eco-systems, on the plants that nourish us. Yoga awakens us to this inter-connected-ness. Yoga leads us on a journey towards oneness with the world. It teaches us that we are not isolated individuals but part of nature. Initially we learn to take good care of our own health and wellness. Gradually, our care and concern extend to our environment, society and planet. Yoga is a great personal discipline. At the same time, it is a system that takes us from Me to We,' the prime minister said.The sentiment of 'Me to we' and treating the welfare of all as a duty is the essence of India.The prime minister expressed happiness that in the last 11 years Yoga has become a lifestyle choice of millions of people around the world.'I feel proud when I see that our Divyang friends read Yoga Shastras in Braille, scientists do yoga in space, young friends in villages participate in Yoga Olympiad. A very wonderful yoga program is going on in all the Navy ships. Be it the steps of the Sydney Opera House, or the peak of Everest, or the expanse of the ocean, the message everywhere is the same – Yoga belongs to all and is for all. Yoga is for everyone, beyond boundaries, beyond backgrounds, beyond age or ability,' he said.The prime minister maintained that India is promoting the science of yoga through modern research and medical institutions, including AIIMS, Delhi, are conducting research on it.'It is our endeavour to ensure that the scientific nature of yoga finds a place in the modern medical system… AIIMS research has revealed that yoga plays an important role in the treatment of cardiac and neurological disorders and in women's health and mental well-being,' he said.

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