<p>The UN General Assembly is scheduled to hold next week informal consultations on a draft resolution titled 'International Day of Yoga,' an idea that was floated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his maiden address to the 193-member world body last month.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to information on the UN website, two-hour long informal consultations on the draft resolution entitled 'International Day of Yoga' have been convened by the Permanent Mission of India on October 14.<br /><br />The scheduling of discussions at the UN on Yoga comes in just a little over two weeks after Modi had asked the world leaders to adopt an International Yoga Day in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 27.<br /><br />He had said that by changing lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change.<br /><br />"Let us work towards adopting an International Yoga Day," Modi had said. "Yoga embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well being."<br /><br />Yoga is the 5,000-year-old Indian physical, mental and spiritual practice that aim to transform body and mind.</p>
<p>The UN General Assembly is scheduled to hold next week informal consultations on a draft resolution titled 'International Day of Yoga,' an idea that was floated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his maiden address to the 193-member world body last month.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to information on the UN website, two-hour long informal consultations on the draft resolution entitled 'International Day of Yoga' have been convened by the Permanent Mission of India on October 14.<br /><br />The scheduling of discussions at the UN on Yoga comes in just a little over two weeks after Modi had asked the world leaders to adopt an International Yoga Day in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 27.<br /><br />He had said that by changing lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change.<br /><br />"Let us work towards adopting an International Yoga Day," Modi had said. "Yoga embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well being."<br /><br />Yoga is the 5,000-year-old Indian physical, mental and spiritual practice that aim to transform body and mind.</p>