To refresh the minds of COVID-19 patients, a yoga therapy session was conducted at Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH) in Guwahati on Sunday.

The yoga session was conducted by a yoga expert through videoconferencing.

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Sharing the snapshots of the yoga sessions on Twitter, Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated, โ€Yoga therapy by our Yoga expert through video conference with covid positive Patients at MMC Hospital,Guwahati today morning. They are getting destressed and mental well-being refreshed. One can see them in the mobile phone. In the back drop you can see our ICU staff in ICU.โ€

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also promoting the significance of yoga during telephonic conversations with international leaders.

During a telephonic conversation with United States President Donald Trump on Saturday, Modi touched upon the significance of practices such as Yoga and Ayurveda for ensuring physical and mental well-being of the people in these difficult times.

Modi also discussed the utility of yoga and traditional herbal medicines while having a telephonic conversation with the Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez.

He also  shared 3D animated videos of him performing yoga on Twitter after a person asked him about his fitness routine during a โ€˜Mann Ki Baatโ€™ programme.

Yoga is one of the best ways of keeping oneself fit as well as a de-stressing method which can have multiple health benefits.