Question

What was the theme of the International Yoga Day 2019 ?
1. Yoga for Climate Action
2. Yoga for Peace
3. Connect the Youth
4. Yoga for Health

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Yoga for Climate Action

The Correct Answer is "Yoga for Climate Action".

• The fifth edition of International Yoga Day (IYD-2019) is celebrated across the country and abroad on 21st June with the theme ‘Yoga for Climate Action’.
• The aim of the IYD is to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practicing yoga.
• Yoga is a practice that originated in India.
• The word yoga is a Sanskrit word that means to unite or to join.
• Yoga symbolizes the unification of the body and consciousness.
• Yoga has 84 classical asanas such as Tadasana, Trikonasana, Bhajangasana, etc.

 

• The 'Bhagavad Gita' makes two important statements: “yoga - sthah kuru karmaani” (Do your duty with a yoga approach) and “samatvam yoga uchyate” (balance is the essence of yoga).
• Yoga is an approach to life that focuses on physical balance, mental equilibrium, and working towards a harmonious synthesis of diverse elements including the protection of the environment.
• The first Yoga Day celebration was held at Raj Path in New Delhi. PM Modi and other dignitaries performed around 21 yoga asanas, and created two Guinness World Records. The first record was for being the world’s largest yoga class with 35,985 people and the second one was for having the maximum number of participating nationalities, that is 84.