Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU June 15: Directorate of Indian Systems of Medicine (AYUSH) kick started week-long celebrations to mark the celebration of 7th International Day of Yoga. As per the guidelines of Ministry of AYUSH and current year theme “Be with Yoga Be at Home” due to the prevailing pandemic situation most of the activities are being organized from various virtual platforms. In this regard Directorate of AYUSH J&K organized an impressive program on the virtual platforms wherein Director Indian Systems of Medicine Dr Mohan Singh in presence of Assistant Director ISM Dr Rakesh Kumar Raina Medical Superintendent Government Ayurvedic Hospital Jammu Dr Vandana Dogra District Nodal Officer Samba Dr Vikram Jamwal and various officers/ officials of the department took pledge to include Yoga in their daily lives and promote the same among their families and friends. Following Oath taking ceremony Director AYUSH J&K declared various competitive activities open for participation which are being organized by the department to encourage citizens of Jammu and Kashmir for exploring the ancient wisdom of Yoga. In his address to officers and officials of the ISM (AYUSH) department he emphasized that Directorate is committed to take Yoga upto the grass root level and urged all the stakeholders to participate in this week long celebration with full zest and fervor. Directorate of ISM also organized a webinar in which Prof and Ex-Head of Department of Transfusion Medicine and a prominent Yoga enthusiast Dr T R Raina was invited as speaker. Dr Raina gave a detailed presentation on the topic “Holistic Health and Science of Stress through Yoga” in which he emphasized over the evidence based applications of Yogic techniques for health promotion stress mitigation disease prevention and management.

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