Focus must be on wellness as well as protection from illness: Modi on 5th International Yoga Day

Ranchi (Jharkhand): On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged the world to embrace Yoga and to make it an integral part of one’s daily routine, asserting that the focus must be on wellness as well as protection from illness.
Let our motto be Yoga for peace, harmony and progress, he said adding that Yoga belongs to everyone and everyone belongs to Yoga.
“In today`s changing times, our focus must be on Wellness as well as protection from Illness. That is the power we get with Yoga that is the feeling of Yoga and the ancient Indian philosophy,” Modi said while addressing the crowd at the Prabhat Tara ground where he led close to 30,000 people in the morning session to mark the fifth International Yoga Day celebrations.
“I thank people across the world for joining the International Day of Yoga celebrations. World over, the first rays of the Sun are being welcomed by dedicated Yoga practitioners, it’s a beautiful sight. I urge you all to embrace Yoga and make it an integral part of your daily routine,” he added.
The Prime Minister maintained that Yoga is beyond the distinction of age, colour, caste, creed, rich-poor.
“We should also get knowledge about Yoga, like the way we keep updating our phone. Yoga is discipline, dedication, and it has to be followed throughout your life. Yoga is beyond the distinction of age, colour, caste, creed, creed, cult, rich-poor, province, frontier. Yoga belongs to everyone and everyone belongs to Yoga,” Modi said.