Eminent physician and wellness author Deepak Chopra led a guided meditation session at the United Nations headquarters on Friday evening as part of the 11th International Day of Yoga celebrations, hosted by the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations.
Colourful yoga mats lined the North Lawns of the UN headquarters, where over 1,200 participants—including diplomats, UN officials, members of the diplomatic corps, and the Indian diaspora—gathered to take part in the event.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador P. Harish, in his welcome address, said this year’s theme—‘Yoga for One Earth, One Health’—draws from the approach introduced during India’s G20 presidency in 2023.
Julia Sheykman practices yoga during the 23rd annual “Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga” event to celebrate the summer solstice in New York City, U.S., June 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters
“The theme underscores the vital truth that our personal wellness and planetary wellness are inseparably linked. In caring for ourselves, we begin to care for Earth, reflecting the enduring Indian ethos of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, or the whole world is one family,” Mr. Harish said.
