National Yoga week 2010, a mass awareness programme for health, happiness and harmony for all through yoga was launched by the department of Ayush, ministry of health and family welfare at Morarji Desai National Institute for Yoga in New Delhi.

The theme of the National Yoga Week – 2010 is ‘yoga for lifestyle related disorders’. More than 450 representatives from the different corners of the country and more than 60 eminent Ayush and health experts are expected to participate in the programme.

Inaugurating the programme in New Delhi, Dept of Ayush secretary Jalaja said that in the modern times yoga is done individually but this effort connects the individual to universe. Without this awareness, yoga is nothing but just an exercise, there is need to keep holistic concept of wellness in mind, she added.

The yoga week attempts to create a mass awareness among the professionals and the public about the efficacy of Yoga in Healthy Lifestyle and in the management of Lifestyle related disorders. It will also bring eminent Yoga experts, medical scientists, researchers and students on one platform, to share their knowledge and experience. The efforts is to make known the scientific and technical information available in research progress in the field of Yoga. The experts will also deliberate on the ways of mainstreaming yoga in healthcare delivery system.