New Delhi: "Yoga brings peace for us. The peace from yoga is not merely for individuals. Yoga brings peace to our society. Yoga brings peace to our nations and the world. And, Yoga brings peace to our universe," said PM Modi on Tuesday as he led the celebrations of International Day of Yoga in Karnataka's Mysuru. "Yoga is no longer a part of life, it has become the way of life," he emphasised.
The Yoga Day event started with Union AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal's speech and then Karnataka CM Basaavraj Bommai said the significance of Yoga in people's lives while addressing the people, who attended the Yoga Day celebrations. PM Modi spoke the importance of Yoga in everyone's lives while extending greetings on the 8th International Day of Yoga.
"This whole universe starts from our own body and soul. The universe starts from us. And, Yoga makes us conscious of everything within us and builds a sense of awareness," the PM underlined.
He further said that Yoga is not for an individual but for the entire humanity. "Yoga is not only for any individual but for the entire humanity. And that's the reason the theme of this International Yoga Day is 'Yoga for Humanity'," said PM Modi in his address ahead of leading the celebrations of the 8th International Yoga Day on Tuesday.
The highlight of this year is "Guardian Ring of Yoga" which brings to fore the concept of "One Sun, One Earth". Explaining in his address about this concept, Pm Modi said, "At the international level too, this time we are using a similar innovative use of 'Guardian Ring of Yoga' all over the world. With sunrise, with the movement of the sun in different countries of the world, people are doing yoga."