While most of the people are busy trying to get their asanas or postures right, Bollywood celebrities like Hema Malini, Juhi Chawla, Shilpa Shetty and Kirron Kher are celebrating the “historical” International Yoga Day on Sunday.
A few stars, including Juhi, Shilpa and Amrita Rao, even took part in various yoga sessions and urged their fans to follow them. Many sent out tweets to mark the day on June 21. Here are some:
Hema Malini: International Yoga Day today! I hope everyone is doing at least some asanas as our PM has requested! Spread the culture — we need it badly!
Kirron Kher: It’s a historic first! Happy #YogaDay to everyone. Practicing #Yoga has intense benefits for the body, mind and the soul.
Juhi Chawla: Let us Celebrate #Yogaday by doing “Namaskar” — the simplest form of #YogaForAll
Boman Irani: Seen yoga being practised all over the world. It’s time we practice what is ours, by us. #YogaDay I’m up and about early on #YogaDay Well that’s a start!
Shilpa Shetty: Enjoyed a great Yoga session under the sky with 10000 people joining me in doing the asanas. What a historic day. Happy international yoga day
Anupam Kher: Only a person like my Grandfather (Yoga Guru) could give me the ultimate advice, “Bheegha hua aadmi baarish se nahi darta.” (A person who is wet, is not afraid of the rain) #HappyYogaDay
Sidharth Malhotra: #InternatioanalDayofYoga Yoga should be a integral part of our daily life, 2reach our true potential.
Nimrat Kaur: Hope #InternationalDayofYoga more than anything else, serves as a fresh start to all who haven’t been initiated into this world of wonder!
Shekhar Kapur: Yoga means union. Between you and your spiritual self. Between you and your universal self. #InternationalDayofYoga
Vir Das: Today is Yoga Day and Father’s Day. Makes sense. The reason you were born is because your dad did a few minutes of ‘yoga’.
Sarah-Jane Dias: If you must take a stand, let it be on your head!!! HAPPY YOGA DAY to all! #worldyogaday #YogaDay #Yoga
Atul Kasbekar: #India actually just took international ownership of #Yoga About Time and Well done I say. Take a bow @narendramodi
