Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of M-Yoga app which will provide many videos of yoga training based on common yoga protocol in many languages.

Terming this as a great example of the fusion of modern technology and ancient science,Modi expressed the hope that m-yoga app will help in spreading yoga the world over and will contribute to the efforts of ‘One World One Health’.

Modi has said that despite the pandemic, this year’s theme for International Yoga Day –“Yoga for wellness" has raised the morale of people and he wished for the health of every country, society and individual and hoped that we will be united and will strengthen each other. He was speaking on the occasion of the seventh International Yoga Day, today.

Modi spoke of yoga’s role during the pandemic. He said yoga has proved a source of strength and poise for people during this difficult time.

He pointed out that it was easy for countries to forget Yoga Day during the pandemic as it is not intrinsic to their culture but, instead, enthusiasm for yoga was seen to have increased globally.

"Yoga helped people to muster confidence and strength to fight with the pandemic world over," Modi said.

Modi recalled how frontline corona warriors made yoga their shield and made themselves strong through yoga and how people, doctors and nurses took to yoga to deal with the effects of the virus.

He said experts are stressing the importance of breathing exercises like pranayama and anulom-vilom for strengthening the human respiratory system. (SAM)