International Day of Yoga – June 21

IDY International Day of Yoga in Tampa, FL
Celebrate International Day of Yoga in Tampa, FL

Celebrate IDY with FREE Yoga Classes

The “official” International Day of Yoga (IDY) happens every year on June 21. Take Me To The River Yoga studio in Tampa will be celebrates International Yoga Day with FREE YOGA CLASSES. Regularly scheduled classes the week of IDY will be free. Anyone who has paid for a series of classes will get a free pass for any of these classes.

Check the schedule at Take Me To The River Yoga and Tampa Yoga Therapy for classes the week of June 21. Surya Namaskar, the Sun Salutation is a traditional series of yoga poses taught in most forms of yoga asana. I will be leading a series of Sun Salutations in the regular classes and a version of the Sun Salutation in the Chair Yoga classes. Check the schedule and sign up online to make class a breeze.

Started in 2015, June 21st is the International Day of Yoga

The International Day of Yoga was originally declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. Celebrate IDY and your yoga practice by attending yoga classes in your area. Consider doing a personal practice of (10) sun salutations every day during this week. Celebrate yoga in your life. Start every day greeting the rising sun with Surya Namaskar, the Sun Salutation. Warm up, wake up and enliven the whole body at the beginning of your day.

Celebrating Yoga around the globe

Watch this 2015 video “Sun Never Sets On Yoga – A 24-hour Journey of Sun Salutations Around the Globe” published by the Art of Living, Sri Sri School of Yoga. It shows people all over the world doing yoga Sun Salutations for IDY. Tracking yogis from 100 cities around the world doing Sun Salutations celebrated the days leading up to the International Day of Yoga. It’s beautiful to see all the different people moving through the poses. Surya Namaskar is a salute to the sun. It honors the day and celebrates the international yoga community.