The President of India, Droupadi Murmu participated in a mass yoga demonstration at the Uttarakhand State Police Line Maidan, Dehradun, on the International Yoga Day today (June 21, 2025)
In her brief remarks after the yoga session, the President greeted all the participants practicing yoga on the occasion of ‘International Yoga Day’ around the world. She said that since 2015, Yoga has become a common heritage of the entire humanity. It is an important example of India’s ‘soft power’.
The President said that Yoga is the art of living a healthy life, adopting which benefits the body, mind and overall personality of a human being. When a person is healthy, the family tends to remain healthy. When the family and society remain healthy, the country remains healthy.
The President said that ‘Yoga’ means ‘to connect’. The practice of yoga connects the body, mind and soul of a person and makes the person healthy. Yoga can also connect one person to another person, one community to another community and one country to another country.The President said that it is a common belief that the policy of prevention is better than cure is more effective. Yoga is considered very useful in prevention. She urged everyone to make yoga an integral part of life and to inspire others to practice yoga.