In consonance with the national effort to motivate people to follow a healthy lifestyle, 21 June 2015 was observed as International Yoga day all over the Globe including various places of the Valley with participation by the youth.A defence spokesman in a statement to KNS said approximately 6,000 Kashmiri NCC cadets, both boys and girls, joined the Army in Yoga as a part of healthy lifestyle initiative. “The Srinagar based Chinar Corps joined the local youth by conducting yoga as part of their daily physical activity, in addition to physical training, in all parts of the Valley including in high altitude posts,” he said.“In the Valley, the International day of yoga was observed in many venues with the youth joining the Army at Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar, Govt Degree College Anantnag, Baramula, Uri, Kupwara & Gulmarg. Over 6,000 Kashmiri NCC Cadets and large number of school children participated with zeal and enthusiasm,” the spokesman said.“In order to bring awareness among the masses about the healthy life style and benefits of Yoga, the Chinar Corps had observed 15 to 21 June 2015 as a Yoga week where in NCC cadets from all the Colleges and Schools and the troops of Chinar Corps in the Valley practiced Yoga on a daily basis and finally observed 21 June 2015 as the International Yoga day, thereby marking this event as a grand success,” he added.