Saudi Arabia will introduce yoga to its universities to spread awareness and motivate its practice as a lifestyle for all segments of society, Saudi Gazette reported.
The Saudi Yoga Committee, in collaboration with the Sports Federation of Saudi Universities (SUSF), organized a virtual introductory class for all representatives of Saudi Arabia universities on yoga titled “Yoga for college students of both genders,” says the report.
The meeting, at the SSUF headquarters at the Ministry of Education, Riyadh, was part of an integrated system of programs and initiatives of the Saudi Committee for Yoga, to spread awareness and its practice as a lifestyle for all segments to motivate yoga. society.
The event coincided with the arrival of the first yoga delegation to the kingdom of the Asian Yogasana Sports Federation in India for the qualification course of the first Saudi group of yoga referees.
The report states that the course is organized by the Ministry of Sports in partnership with the Saudi Yoga Committee to train Saudi yoga referees in the kingdom. The conference aims to introduce both traditional yoga and yogasana sport to Saudi universities and provide students on the university campus with a variety of opportunities to practice yoga, whether for their mental and physical health or for the bring to an advanced level and participate in professional sports training Yogasana Participation in national and international competitions.
He also shed light on the system of professional yogasana competitions in college sports and the college league. The conference motivated young people to undertake sustainable and professional yoga training.
Nouf Almarwaai, Chairman of the Saudi Yoga Committee, said the committee wanted to realize its vision of spreading yoga widely in Saudi society, and therefore took the initiative to work with the Saudi University Sports Association to build a generation of yoga lovers. , especially young people, to enjoy good physical and mental health.
She added that the committee is working to increase the number of practitioners and form yoga teams to participate in local and regional yoga championships. The kingdom excels at the Arab level in yoga, and citizens and residents alike practice it and at the same time teach yoga as a profession.
Al-Marwaai listed the benefits of yoga practice for young men and women. He said scientific studies have shown that his practice improves students’ academic performance and plays a significant role in reducing stress and anxiety and improving motor development, as yoga allows young people to use different muscles and their own. various asanas and positions.
Stretching, forward bending, backward bending of the spine, twisting and inverted asanas, and balance asanas give young people the physical flexibility to be healthy, she added.
