The First Celebration of International Day of Yoga 2024 in Germany
Hosted by The Embassy of India, Berlin along with the Tagore Centre
June 04th, 2024
The event is being organized to celebrate International Day of Yoga (IDY), which was first celebrated on June 21, 2015 after the United Nations General Assembly officially recognised June 21 as International Day of Yoga on December 11, 2014.
The event began with addresses by key dignitaries including Ambassador of India to Germany, H.E. Harish Parvathaneni, Mayor of Dresden, Mr Dirk Hilbert and State Secretary in the Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport, Ms Ines Fröhlich followed by a one-hour yoga session.
The yoga session was guided by yoga teachers from Art of Living, Isha Foundation and Golden Yoga (Dresden) and included asanas based on the Common Yoga Protocol as well as pranayama (breathwork) and meditation.
Ambassador of India to Germany, H.E. Harish Parvathaneni said, “It is heartening to witness the ever-increasing interest in yoga in Germany due to increasing recognition of its transformative role in leading a balanced and healthy lifestyle. India and Germany in general and the Free State of Saxony in particular have always shared a strong people-to-people connect, especially students and professionals, and we hope that events such as the International Day of Yoga along with other ongoing collaborations and partnerships will further strengthen that relationship.”
