International Yoga Day: These TV Celebs Are Yoga Fanatics & How!

Today, the entire world is celebrating International Yoga Day in order to give importance to the benefits of yoga and pay respect to the longtime legacy of yoga. On this occasion, these telly actors give their take on the art form and mention that it should be introduced in the academic curriculum. Over to them...

Tinaa Dattaa:

The art of practising yoga helps in controlling an individual’s mind, body and soul. It brings together physical and mental disciplines to achieve a peaceful body and mind. It also helps in increasing flexibility, muscle strength and body tone. It improves respiration, energy and vitality. Practising yoga might seem like just stretching, but it can do much more for your body from the way you feel, look and move. I practice Yoga and I believe kids should explore this form. Yoga is definitely not a status symbol, people who are healthy know that it is a useful way of staying healthy.

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Kinshuk Vaidya:

My viewpoint about yoga was that I always felt yoga is not for me, I am too young to do yoga, it’s for uncle and aunties and all those old age people. I thought I am young and I can do those exercises with heavy weights and all. Recently I started reading about yoga and have started practising the easy asanas. I realise it now that it’s not only for aged people but for younger guys also. It is so scientific and deep which I am realising now. I feel everyone should experience it and not judge it before they try it. I feel yoga should be introduced in schools and colleges so that they don't have misconceptions as I had.

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Jasmin Bhasin: 

Yogic exercises recharge the body with cosmic energy. It also promotes self- healing. It removes negative blocks from the mind and toxins from the body. In my day to day life whenever I get time, I try to do yoga. And I feel Yoga is not a status symbol it is the necessity. Yoga should be introduced from school level, so kids will get to know many useful aspects of yoga.

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Jason Shah:

Yoga has so much significance. It reduces stress and tension in the physical body by activating the parasympathetic nervous system. Yoga also helps in attention, focus and concentration, especially in children. So, it should be introduced from a basic level and that is from school. Yoga is very much in trend for last many years and it was always in trend in the West. I don’t think it’s a status symbol.

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Ansh Bagri:

Yoga is very important, I have done yoga. I have learnt Shishupal asana and Surya Namaskar at Sadhguru. I had back problems and yoga helped me in back strengthening. We get mental peace because of yoga so it’s very good for your mind and soul. I feel we all should do or follow yoga. I feel schools should teach yoga like any other activities because it's good for health.

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We wish everyone a very Happy Yoga Day!

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