DPS Bokaro family takes pledge to promote Yoga

Shashank Shekhar

Bokaro ( Jharkhand) : Creating awareness on the importance of yoga accepted as India’s gift to the world for healthy living, DPS Director and Principal Dr Hemlata S Mohan on June 21, 2018, made yoga compulsory in the school curriculum.

On the occasion of the 4^th International Yoga Day on June 21, students assembled at Ashwaghosh Kalabhawan on the school premises in the morning and performed various asanas under the guidance of yoga gurus. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Mohan highlighted the benefits of yoga in one’s life and its positive outcomes of relaxing the mind and strengthening the body.

Dr. Mohan said that Yoga, the ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice, definitely brings a unison of the body and the consciousness with the surroundings and nature. She urged students and teachers to take pledge on this day to make yoga an integral part of their life.

This was followed by classwise yoga sessions for the students and teachers. All those present at the school displayed special yoga badges with the message yoga for harmony and peace to mark the  occasion.