Uttarakhand: Pregnant women will be made to do yoga at Anganwadi centers, workers are being given training

Children will be made to do yoga regularly at Anganwadi centres in the state. On Monday, Women Empowerment and Child Development Minister Rekha Arya inaugurated the yoga training camp in the multipurpose hall of Parade Ground.

More than 150 Anganwadi workers participated

More than 150 Anganwadi workers from Dehradun participated in the camp. Yoga programs are to be held at all Anganwadi centres on the occasion of International Yoga Day on 21 June. In the camp, Women Empowerment and Child Development Minister Rekha Arya did yoga with Anganwadi workers for about 40 minutes.

Parents should inspire children for yoga: Minister

Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya said on this occasion that if the youth of the state and the country want to stay healthy, then they all have to join yoga. She said that parents should inspire their children towards yoga from childhood itself, so that they will need to go to the doctor less in the future.

Yoga training being given to Anganwadi workers

The minister said that in future, yogasanas will be regularly taught to children and pregnant women at all Anganwadi centres in the state. For this, yoga training is being given to all Anganwadi workers. The minister said that yoga is necessary for both mother and child; it will also help in overcoming delivery related problems.