Thursday, August 2, 2018

Aryans gears up for International Yoga Day

Members of Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh including Aryans College of Engineering (ACE), Aryans Business School (ABS), Aryans Institute of Management & Technology (AIMT), Aryans Institute of Nursing (AIN), Aryans College of Law (ACL), Aryans College of Education (ACE), Aryans Degree College, Aryans College of Pharmacy (ACP) etc today geared up for International Yoga Day with Pre celebrations at its Campus.

The celebrations proceeded on the theme ‘Yoga for Peace’ hopes to highlight yoga’s holistic approach to both physical and mental well-being and its ability to create a balance between body and mind. The programme started with the introduction and practice sessions where participants were introduced to Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation. Short demonstrations and practice sessions were also held.

Dr. Raman Rani Gupta, Director, Aryans Group addressed the team members and displayed various asanas which encourage them to know the science of yoga deeply. She also expressed her hope that this day will mark the day where all in Institute community will take advantage of the wonderful science & techniques of yoga and benefit from it as the rest of the world is doing too.

It is to be mentioned that, in 2014, the United Nations declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the day to be adopted as a global celebration of yoga.  Last year the day was held in 199 countries across the World.