The World is Doing More Yoga

By Gurudevi Nirmalananda 

Join us in celebrating this UN-proclaimed observance, created in 2014.  The summer solstice was chosen, honored in India for the most daylight (in the northern hemisphere).  The resolution received support from 177 nations, the highest number of co-sponsors for any UN resolution.

Fun Facts:

• 300 million people worldwide regularly practice yoga
• 36 million Americans practice yoga regularly
• 1.7 million American children under 17 practice yoga
• 1 in 3 Americans have at least tried yoga
• 150% more men are practicing yoga from 2012-2016, from 4 million to 10 million
• 86% report a reduction in stress
• 69% report a positive increase in temperament and mood
• 59% report an improvement in sleep quality and quantity
• 86% report an overall improved sense of mental wellness and clarity
• 79% report a feeling of closeness with their community and wanting to give back
• 55% of regular yoga practitioners attend 2-3 classes per week
• 50% increase in USA yoga practitioners since 2017
• 50% of yoga practitioners focus on meditation
• 50% of yoga practitioners are more likely to volunteer and have donated to charities in the last year
• 41% of yogis are vegetarian
• 5% have given Sanskrit names to either their children or their pets

For this special day, the Indian government has given us some online activities to do – click here for a yoga quiz, an online discussion forum, to share a video, design a mascot, create a poster or a poem, create a doodle, offer a jingle or an essay and more…

Please join us at one of our events:

Fun Facts:  https://yogaearth.com/yoga-research