Important Yoga Masters of India met on December 4 and 5 in
2011 Bengaluru , India
– on the Art of Living Foundation Headquarters, by invitation of Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar and the President of the Yoga Portuguese Confederation. The aim of the
meeting was to bring under one roof the various yoga masters and to chalk out
plans to spread yoga. As part of spreading awareness – the yoga masters decided
to observe World’s Yoga Day on June 21.
During this Summit was Proclaimed the World Yoga Day
on the Solstice – June, 21st – the Day of Light and Wisdom associated to it –
and with the support of the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, and the VYASA -
Vivekánada Yoga University – it is a date that does not celebrate any human
event, but is a Cosmic Auspice, a Day that highlights the relation between the
Earth and the Sun, and by consequence with the Galaxy and the Cosmos, and it Is
sang in all the Cultures that have always been unquiet with the observation and
study of the Surroundings where they belong, in all times and in all
continents.
More details can be found at the official website of World’sYoga Day.