Oggi è la Giornata internazionale dello yoga

An Indian yoga instructor leads a large group of Indian army soldiers at a yoga session to mark International Yoga Day in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Yoga practitioners took a relaxing break to bend, twist and pose Wednesday morning for the annual event celebrating the practice, especially in the country where it began. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Indian armed forces and their families members perform Yoga on the deck of the Indian Naval aircraft carrier Viraat to mark International Yoga Day in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Yoga practitioners took a relaxing break to bend, twist and pose Wednesday morning for the annual event celebrating the practice, especially in the country where it began. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Indian Sadhus or Hindu holy men perform Yoga to mark the International Yoga Day at Kamakhya temple in Gauhati, India , Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Yoga practitioners took a relaxing break to bend, twist and pose Wednesday morning for the annual event celebrating the practice, especially in the country where it began. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Yoga instructor, Tao Porchon-Lynch, 98, performs at a function to mark International Yoga Day in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Yoga practitioners took a relaxing break to bend, twist and pose Wednesday morning for the annual event celebrating the practice, especially in the country where it began. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Indians perform Yoga to mark the International Yoga Day in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Yoga practitioners took a relaxing break to bend, twist and pose Wednesday morning for the annual event celebrating the practice, especially in the country where it began. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Indians use yoga mat to cover themselves from rain during an event to mark International Yoga Day in Lucknow, India, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Yoga practitioners took a relaxing break to bend, twist and pose Wednesday morning for the annual event celebrating the practice, especially in the country where it began. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined 50,000 students and other residents in Lucknow for a mass yoga session. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
An Indian Sadhu or Hindu holy man performs Yoga to mark International Yoga Day at Kamakhya temple in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Millions of yoga enthusiasts across India take part in a mass yoga sessions to mark the third International Yoga Day which falls on June 21 every year. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
Indians perform Yoga during International Yoga Day celebrations in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Millions of yoga enthusiasts across India take part in a mass yoga sessions to mark the third International Yoga Day which falls on June 21 every year. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Si tiene oggi in India – da tradizione è sempre il 21 giugno – la Giornata internazionale dello yoga. Milioni di persone in tutto il Paese – di cui alcune anche giunte appositamente dall’estero – prendono parte alle moltissime sessioni di yoga “di massa”: dai “Sadhu” (sorta di asceti), ai militari, agli anziani – quella che vedete in foto è un’istruttrice yoga di ben 98 anni, Tao Prochon-Lynch – ai cittadini comuni, tutti sono coinvolti in questa pratica che nelPaese ha avuto origine ed è molto sentita.

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