WELLNESS!
| Date :23-Jun-2019 |
EVEN though he was speaking to a numerically limited audience at Ranchi to mark the fifth International Yog Day, Minister Mr. Narendra Modi was conscious of the indirect global audience he was addressing. Highlighting the philosophy behind promotion of Yog with a missionary zeal, Mr. Modi described it as a therapy of complete wellness for people in all economic strata across national boundaries. Poverty can lead to sickness and sickness can lead to poverty. To such people with limited resources, Yog offers an authentic and inexpensive way to ensure overall wellness, the Prime Minister said. That is the reason why the Government of India is promoting Yog as part of the thought that propelled the Ayushman Bharat scheme, which is the world’s largest health welfare effort, he added.
The idea behind promotion of Yog as a wellness therapy across the globe is something sublime in form and content. In just five years, almost every country around the world has accepted Yog as a wellness therapy to be promoted among masses and classes. So strong has the promotion of the idea been that the United Nations has taken upon itself the task of leading the global effort in this regard. That the whole world embraces a wellness idea on such a scale is unprecedented, thanks to the leadership India and Mr. Modi provided to the concept. The most important aspect of this glorious effort is that Mr. Modi himself does not fuss and brag about the success of the effort. In the method and manner of the spirit of India, he rather downplays the credit part, and talks only about the tremendous benefit Yog can offer to its practitioners. This nonchalance about grabbing the credit puts Mr. Modi in the league of top world leaders whose contribution to the welfare of humanity as such is iconic.
Very few top leaders would think in such a globalised fashion as does Mr. Modi on issue of achieving complete wellness for every member of the global human community. It is of utmost importance that a systematic effort is made to help common people reduce their medicare expenses. One of the most authentic ways to achieve this goal is through promotion of Yog as a wellness science. Through simple, logically controlled bodily movements and awareness, the individual can achieve a greater flexibility of muscles, better resilience of various systems that govern human body, and a more authentic control of emotions as a potent force to shape human personality.
Until now, all these appeared to be rather abstract ideas. But now, by promoting Yog as a complete wellness therapy, the Government is exposing the people to simpler, better and far less expensive way to achieve better health for all. That is the reason why so many countries around the world have accepted Yog as a point of promotion for better community health. As the evidence of global participation pours in from all directions, the heart of every Indian swells with pride. India had always had a lot of great things to offer to the world, but that effort was never done before. Thanks to Mr. Modi’s leadership, India has been able to promote Yog successfully across boundaries of nations, cultures, and even dogmas. Frankly, the world had never seen anything like this before.