PANJIM: Minister for AYUSH Shripad Y Naik has said that during the COVID-19 pandemic, yoga, India’s gift to the world, has helped people manage not only their physical but also their mental health, and praised The Yoga Institute Mumbai for both, its COVID-led initiatives during the pandemic, and also for 102 years of dedication to serve people and society.
Minister Naik was chief guest at a virtual meet organised to celebrate the completion of 102 years of The Yoga Institute, where he also introduced and soft-launched the TYI Meditation App, Nispanda, and lauded TYI’s several COVID-led initiatives.
Naik said, “I would like to congratulate the entire team at The Yoga Institute on completing 102 years of excellence and service to the humans of the world. Your dedication, honesty and integrity are helping to preserve the valuable Indian traditions of yoga and changing the lives of millions of people around the world every single day. You … are the contributors to world peace. Yoga is India’s gift to the world, and The Yoga Institute has done a beautiful job of carefully delivering it to the people.”
He also announced the forthcoming launch of Nispanda, which he described as “the meditation app that the world has been waiting for. This app is meditation delivered to you in the palm of your hands.
Nispanda is going to revolutionise the way the world has been meditating and it will take us a step closer to 360-degree health,” Minister Naik said.

