International Day of Yoga 2020 (IDY) has traditionally been a physical event held across multiple locations on the 21st of June for the past 5 years since its adoption by the UN General Assembly in 2015.

Yoga is an invaluable ancient Indian practice with numerous benefits to both physical and mental health. Given the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic including restrictions on the movement of people and a slowdown in economic activity, the benefits offered by Yoga have become especially important for physical and mental wellbeing. Of particular importance are its proven benefits on general health and immunity enhancement, along with its globally accepted role as a stress buster.

The mass performance of the Common Yoga Protocol (CYP)—one of the most popular Yoga programmes across the world—will remain at the heart of the International Day of Yoga (IDY) like always, but this year IDY will be observed in a non-congregative manner.

The Ministry of AYUSH presents “Namaste Yoga” mobile application with the key purpose of engaging participants in Yoga on the International Day of Yoga, raise awareness about Yoga, and enable them to do Yoga at home on 6th IDY.