Students and Corporates of Gurgaon wake up to Yoga on Modi’s call

GURGAON, India - June 30, 2015 - PRLog -- Students of Institute of Apparel Management, Gurgaon along with the employees of Homestead Infrastructure celebrated the International Yoga day which came to an end today. It was a 7 day long Yoga Week which started on 21^st June and ended today. A range of yoga-based activities were conducted for the students and employees, assisted by the instructors. More than 100 people participated in this along with the faculty of IAM and senior management of Homestead. The initiative was aimed to inculcate a habit of regular yoga practice amongst the students and the professionals so that they don’t quit it the very next day.

“This initiative is aimed at encouraging our employees to adopt a healthier and balanced approach in life. Yoga spreads the message of peace and is very beneficial to health. It helps us refocus our attention in a stressful life. People need to have good health to enjoy life as nothing else is as important as health. Despite stress and pressures in life, you need to take out time to pro-actively stay healthy” said, Mr.  Rajesh K. Gouri, VP Sales and Marketing, Homestead Infrastructure.

Mr. Somesh Singh, Director, IAM said, “Yoga is the best way of achieving good health. It has benefits and so it cannot be opposed in any way. We want our students to imbibe Yoga in their daily lives to be more focused and enjoy a healthy life”.

International Yoga Day, June 21, was declared as the International Day of Yoga (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga) by the United Nations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations) General Assembly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly) on December 11, 2014.The Indian Prime Minister (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Prime_Minister) Narendra Modi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi) in his UN Address suggested the date to be June 21 as the International Day of Yoga as it is the longest day of the year (Summer Solstice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Solstice)) in the Northern Hemisphere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere) and has special significance in many parts of the world.