Saudi Arabia is about to introduce yoga in its universities on account of its significance for psychological and bodily well being, reported Arab News.

Several agreements might be signed with main universities in Saudi Arabia to help and promote yoga over the following few months, in line with Saudi Yoga Committee President Nouf Al-Marwaai.

During her participation within the fourth session, titled “Development and Promotion of New Sports Games in Universities,” Al-Marwaai defined that the committee was striving onerous to introduce yoga to universities, emphasizing the significance of practising it for well being and wellness, reported Arab News.

“Yoga gives its practitioners many health benefits (for) both physical and mental well-being,” she stated, including, “one of the most important pillars of achieving Vision 2030 is to enhance participation in sports activities, and to achieve sports excellence locally, continentally, and internationally.”

She added that yoga isn’t just meditation and leisure as some would possibly consider, however “includes Asana posture practice, Pranayamas breathing techniques, Bandhas muscle control (and) then comes Dhayan and Yoga Nidra meditation and relaxation”.

She added that the committee “aims to discover the talents of distinguished yoga practitioners in all types of yoga in general or Yogasana sports, to hone their talents, and support them to participate and represent the Kingdom in local and international tournaments”.

The announcement was not too long ago made in Riyadh throughout a discussion board titled ‘The Role of University Sports in Supporting the Kingdom’s Vision in Sports’, organised by the Saudi Universities Sports Federation in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.

Quite a few consultants and worldwide leaders in college sports activities, led by the president of the International Universities Sports Federation, Leonz Eder, and Paulo Ferreira, director basic of the International University Sports Federation, attended the occasion, reported Arab News.