Saudi Arabia To Introduce Yoga In Universities: Report

The announcement was lately made in Riyadh, the report provides.

Jeddah:

Saudi Arabia is ready to introduce yoga in its universities as a consequence of its significance for psychological and bodily well being, reported Arab Information.

A number of agreements can be signed with main universities in Saudi Arabia to help and promote yoga over the subsequent few months, in response to Saudi Yoga Committee President Nouf Al-Marwaai.

Throughout her participation within the fourth session, titled “Improvement and Promotion of New Sports activities Video games in Universities,” Al-Marwaai defined that the committee was striving exhausting to introduce yoga to universities, emphasizing the significance of practising it for well being and wellness, reported Arab Information.

“Yoga provides its practitioners many well being advantages (for) each bodily and psychological well-being,” she mentioned, including, “one of the necessary pillars of reaching Imaginative and prescient 2030 is to boost participation in sports activities actions, and to attain sports activities excellence regionally, continentally, and internationally.”

She added that yoga is not only meditation and rest as some would possibly imagine, however “consists of Asana posture apply, Pranayamas respiratory methods, Bandhas muscle management (and) then comes Dhayan and Yoga Nidra meditation and rest”.

She added that the committee “goals to find the skills of distinguished yoga practitioners in all varieties of yoga normally or Yogasana sports activities, to hone their abilities, and help them to take part and signify the Kingdom in native and worldwide tournaments”.

The announcement was lately made in Riyadh throughout a discussion board titled ‘The Position of College Sports activities in Supporting the Kingdom’s Imaginative and prescient in Sports activities’, organised by the Saudi Universities Sports activities Federation in cooperation with the Ministry of Training.

A variety of consultants and worldwide leaders in college sports activities, led by the president of the Worldwide Universities Sports activities Federation, Leonz Eder, and Paulo Ferreira, director basic of the Worldwide College Sports activities Federation, attended the occasion, reported Arab Information.
 

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