Art of Living welcomes the participants at Nehru park on International Yoga Day, in Delhi

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Enthusiasts wait in the queue for their registration of Yoga lesson conducted by 'Art of Living' foundation at Nehru Park, New Delhi. The turn out for this event shows that people are learning about the benefits of Yoga in daily life. Fighting the war against unhealthy lifestyle, thousands of yogis and yoginis turned up for spreading the awareness for benefits of yoga all around the country on the 'International Yoga Day' Yoga is essentially a spiritual discipline based on an extremely subtle science, which focuses on bringing harmony between mind and body. It is an art and science of healthy living. The word ‘Yoga’ is derived from the Sanskrit root ‘Yuj’, meaning ‘to join’ or ‘to yoke’ or ‘to unite’. As per Yogic scriptures, the practice of Yoga leads to the union of individual consciousn