New Delhi: The Delhi government launched the one-year diploma course in ‘Meditation and Yoga Sciences’ on the occasion of International Yoga Day 2021, on Monday. Almost 450 students enrolled for the course.
“With the aim of making Yoga and Meditation reach door to door, we launched a new Yoga Center in Delhi today. Yoga is very important for better health in this time of pandemic,” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted following the launch of the course on Sunday.
Kejriwal also said that October 1 onwards, the instructors completing the course will train people in other parts of the Union Territory free of cost.
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia also tweeted the development. “Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today, upon the upcoming occasion of International Yoga Day addressed the first batch of ‘Yoga and Meditation Diploma’ at Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University. To take Yoga and Meditation to the masses, these youths will be -available in the service of Delhiites from October 2,” Sisodia said on Twitter.
The ‘Yoga For Wellness’ is the main theme of International Day of Yoga 2021. ‘Yoga For Wellness’ focuses on practising Yoga for physical and mental well-being.
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