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From Paris to China, thousands take part in Yoga Day events.

Acceptance of India’s “soft-power” yoga was evident from the public demonstrations of asanas across the globe — in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the backdrop; along the ocean side promenade of Colombo; within the well-secured consulate compound in Heart; and at the historic Angkor Vat and Ta Prohm temples in Cambodia — to mark the first International Day of Yoga on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempt to introduce yoga as an “invaluable gift of India’s ancient tradition”, which engenders a “sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature” and could even help with the modern-day challenges of “climate change”, was well received in 192 countries.
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YOGA  ! ( 'YOKE ' )  ---  What   it  means  ?
I  thinink  , it  means   'UNION'    in  myriad  or all many  ways   through  Body(Physical )  ,  minnd  -mood  or  Mentaly  and  then  psychic    and  Spiritual  ways    to  in  harmony   and  union  with  Cosmic  Rhythm  and  finally  with   Divine  or  First  Cause ( Religious , sporitual  or  Scientific  term   that  you  like    to  identify   with  ourselves   , throgh  our  Consciousness  or  Super-Conscious  level ).
At  Physical  -mental  Level    It  is  known    more  as  HATHA  YOGA  while   at  deeper / higher  level  , YOGA     through    Kapila '  Darshan   it is  RAJA- YOGA      or   Patanjali's  Yoga  Shaastr  where  our   Mind  supersede  or transcends  our  physical -Mental  dimension  to  Seek / Reach  the  DIVINE  (  First  Cause  of  Modern Science  )  at  SUPRA  -  SENSORY -PERCEPTION(  S-S -P )   LEVEL  .
Yes   this  KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE    has  its  Root  in   VEDANTA   PHILOSOPHY    of   BHARAT -VARSHA ( now -  India )    on  the  Time -line  of    more  than   2 MILLENNIUMS   B.C  as  admitted by  World History .