International Yoga Day celebrated across Northeast airports

From Our Correspondent 

GUWAHATI:

The 7th International Yoga Day was celebrated by Airports Authority of India (AAI) across all Airports in the Northeast Region on Monday, adhering to all COVID-19 related health protocols and safety norms.

Majority of the employees participated in the yoga session online from their home along with family members and followed the instructions of experts who conducted the sessions on various asanas with clear guidelines and caution.

The event commenced at 7 am and continued for an hour.

At the Airports Authority of India (AAI) regional headquarters here, the yoga session was led by Ravi Kant, regional executive director, North East Region.

Inaugurating the session, Kant said, “Yoga is not just an art but a way of life. The programme has been organised to promote well-being of all individuals both, mentally, physically and spiritually.”

He requested all employees posted at North East Region to regularly practice yoga in daily life.

International Yoga Day activities were observed and officials at other airports in the Northeast Region actively participated in the programme.

Apart from this, a three-day special programme by 'Art of Living, Tripura Centre' got underway at MBB Airport, Agartala on Monday.

AAI employees are taking part in a virtual programme titled, “Immunity Enhancement Program - Meditation Breath and Yoga”.

At Shillong Airport, trained instructors from CISF personnel led the International Yoga Day event and employees participated through online sessions as well as physical sessions, maintaining all COVID health protocols.

Similar activities were observed at all other airports like Jorhat, Tezpur, Dibrugarh, Silchar, Lilabari, Rupsi, Imphal, and Dimapur.

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