shillong the ninth international yoga day and world music day were observed across meghalaya on wednesday through various programmes including yoga sessions in government offices educational institutions and musical programmesgovernor phagu chauhan led the officers and staff at raj bhavan for a yoga session the governor and staff performed the asanas under the guidance of experienced yoga instructors from the north eastern institute of ayurveda and homeopathy neiah shillong at the governors house today an official saidthe yoga day was observed across community hall and the north eastern hill university nehu campuses in umshing and mawkynroh the programme was organised by the state health and family welfare department and national ayush mission meghalayastate health and family welfare minister m ampareen lyngdoh said yoga is an ageold practice and has been tested through the years she highlighted the benefits of yoga in uplifting not only the physical but also the mental health of those who practiced it yoga in recent years has been accepted across the world it helps in keeping control of oneself without any drawbacks which we cannot achieve through other forms of medication she said