The International Yoga Day was celebrated at Amrita School of Pharmacy on 21stJune 2025. This year’s theme was – Yoga for One Earth, One Health. The event was jointly organized by the Cultural Committee and the Yoga Club. A total of hundred and fifty participants took part in this celebration which included the students of B.Pharm 2024 batch, M.Pharm students, PhD scholars, teaching and non-teaching staff and the yoga club members. Dr. Lekshmi R. Nath, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Cultural Committee & Yoga Club delivered the welcome address. Dr. Sabitha M., Principal, Amrita School of Pharmacy, emphasized the significance of yoga in fostering mental and physical well-being.
Yoga asanas were demonstrated on the stage by Indrani S. Kammath of PharmD 3rdyear and Lekshmi Sree Chandra of M.Pharm (Pharmacology) 1st year. The entire session was moderated by Udaay Adithiyaa of PharmD 3rdyear. The loosening exercises began right after the prayer for yoga which included neck bending, shoulder movement, trunk movement and knee movement. All the yoga asanas were performed as per the ‘Common Yoga Protocol’ provided by the Ministry of AYUSH.
After yoga asanas, breathing exercises – Bhramari Pranayama and Nadisodhana pranayama and a 10-minutes- meditation were performed. The closing yoga prayer was sung to complete the yoga session. Vote of thanks was delivered by Udaay Adithiyaa, and the programme came to a successful end with serving breakfast to all the participants.
