The Yoga Day programme will be opened by Indian Ambassador Venu Rajamony. The Dutch Ministry of Defence has introduced yoga for armed forces to enrich their training program and reduce stress with yoga sessions being held weekly at various barracks. ![]() This will be the second time the Dutch Armed Forces will be participating in the International Yoga Day celebrations organised by the Indian Embassy. Dutch Army and police will demonstrate their yoga skills during the sixth International Yoga Day celebrations to be commemorated virtually on June 21. Besides relaying PM Modi's Yoga Day Message, the Embassy will also show 3D animated images of him doing yoga. "International Yoga Day will be celebrated in the Netherlands online on June 21 by Embassy of India in The Hague, with participation by representatives of Dutch Army and Police as well as an impressive line-up of Dutch and Indian dignitaries," the Embassy said in an earlier statement. They have over 130 yoga instructors in the Armed Forces," Indian Embassy said here on Friday (local time). She also said that the Dutch Armed Forces have been doing yoga for over 15 years. "Bijleveld thanked India for the gift of yoga. “My Life, My Yoga” messages from Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood Actor Shilpa Shetty, Bollywood Actress and cricketer Virat Kohli, will also be part of the Yoga Day programme.The Hague, June 20 (ANI): Dutch Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld thanked India for its "gift of yoga" to the world and confirmed that he will be joining the sixth International Yoga Day celebrations being organised by the Embassy of India The Hague, virtually. The IYD programme would also include ‘Enrich Yourself Through Yoga’ - Yoga Demonstration by the Royal Netherlands Army and the Dutch National Police and ‘Yoga … is a great way to become aware of who we are’ by Wim Hof, Ice Man, Dutch Extreme Athlete, it said. “The online celebrations will commence at 1100 hours CET (Central European Time) on June 21 and will be streamed to over 1,45,000 followers of the Embassy’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channels as well as on the websites of the Embassy and Stichting International Yoga Day (a non-profit foundation), the statement said. The programme would include messages by Ambassador of India to the Netherlands Venu Rajamony, ‘Yoga at Home, Yoga with Family’- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Stillness in Action through Yoga - Ank Bijleveld, Dutch Minister of Defence and ‘Rejuvenate yourself through Yoga’ by renowned spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, it said. The celebrations would witness a workshop by representatives of the Dutch Army and the police as well as an impressive line-up of the Dutch and Indian Dignitaries, it said.Ī special highlight will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Yoga Day Message and 3D animated images of him doing yoga, the statement said. They had over 130 yoga instructors in the Armed Forces, a statement issued by the Indian embassy on Saturday said. ![]() In a message sent on the occasion, Bijleveld thanked India for the gift of yoga and said the Dutch Armed Forces had been doing yoga for over 15 years. ![]() Dutch Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld will join the International Yoga Day celebrations being organised online by the Indian embassy here on Sunday.
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