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International Day of Yoga starting this weekend

Embassy of India to host an online event in five different cities in Denmark as part of the celebrations

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International Day of Yoga will be celebrated in Denmark on 19-20 June 2021. The Embassy of India cordially invites you to join the annual celebration of the UN International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2021 ONLINE at Copenhagen on Sunday, 20 June 2021 from 11:00 onwards by joining our Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/429792921791677?ref=newsfeed  and/or at the links given below for 5 cities of Denmark on 19-20 June, 2021.

The first International Day of Yoga was observed all over the world on 21 June 2015, after it was unanimously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, to further spread the benefits of Yoga to the entire world.

This year, a special focus is on the health benefits of yoga (yoga against stress, anxiety, respiratory problems and for better focus, stronger immune system) and the Embassy of India will be celebrating the International Day of Yoga ONLINE under the umbrella of #YogaFromHome so that anyone can join in the programme and participate from home.

The event will include free online yoga classes in five different cities in Denmark: Copenhagen, Aalborg, Aarhus, Fanø and Odense. You can join us for the whole programme or tune in for your favourite yoga class. The Embassy of India, Copenhagen in partnership with The Art of Living, Astanga Yoga Copenhagen, Brahma Kumaris, Danmark Yoga, Dansk Yoga Forbund, Daya Ayurveda, ISHA Foundation, Mette Rexen Yoga and Yogahuset Aalborg, hosts this event.

A curtain raiser flash mob yoga event was organised by the Embassy of India on at Nyhavn, Copenhagen in collaboration with various Yoga associations in Denmark to create awareness about the International Day of Yoga. Ambassador of India HE Mrs. Pooja Kapur,  officials from the  Embassy and yoga lovers of the city participated.

Details of the programme:

19th June 2021

 

Part I

 

10.00 – 15.30

The programme continues with free online broadcasting from 5 cities of Denmark at local yoga studios in Aalborg, Aarhus, Fanø, Odense and Copenhagen

 

10.00: Yogahuset i Aalborg will conduct  IDY 2021 special online class (https://www.facebook.com/events/3016141315286675/?ref=newsfeed)

 

10.45:  Danmark Yoga in Aarhus will conduct – IDY 2021 special online class

https://www.facebook.com/events/341792173986948

 

11.30:  Yoga in Fanø will conduct  IDY 2021 special online class

               https://www.facebook.com/events/805278506845920

 

20th June 2021

 

Part II

 

  11.00 – 12.10 : Yoga event in Copenhagen by Embassy of India

     https://www.facebook.com/events/429792921791677?ref=newsfeed

  13:00 – 13:45 : Longgaard klang & yoga will conduct IDY 2021 special online class in Odense 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1986365568168561

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