While the world celebrates the fourth edition of the International Yoga Day on Thursday, India's brave and bold have participated in their own unique way.
Wing Commander KBS Samyal and Wing Commander Gajanand Yadav, instructors from the India Air Force's Paratroopers Training School, practiced Yoga at 15,000 feet in the air. IAF's official twitter handle posted pictures of the duo practicing asanas as they hurtled towards the ground, with their parachutes yet to be deployed.
Yoga at 15000 Feet : #YogaDay2018 - A unique message of good health, happiness, harmony & peace from the Airwarriors of IAF. The Instructors of Paratroopers Training School of the India Air Force practicing Yoga in the Blue Sky. (Wg Cdr KBS Samyal & Wg Cdr Gajanand Yadav). pic.twitter.com/WgdzmOsiLR
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC)
June 20, 2018
However, the IAF isn't alone in pioneering high-altitude Yoga. Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel also celebrated Yoga Day in the cold desert of Ladakh at an altitude of 18,000 feet, reported news agency ANI.
Submarine staff belonging to the Indian Navy's Eastern Naval Command also participated in Yoga Day celebrations. News agency ANI posted a visual of Navy personnel performing asanas in what appeared to be the cramped confines of a submarine.
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Indian Army's soldiers at the Siachen base camp are also celebrating International Yoga Day, with Isha Foundation's Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev there to train them.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday led the International Yoga Day 2018 celebrations at the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
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