panaji in the wake of covid19 pandemic governor satya pal malik on friday urged people to practice yoga to overcome stress boost their immunity and attain mental peacein his message ahead of the international yoga day governor said that many experienced heightened stress and panic owing to the pandemicthe lockdown made people homebound whether its dealing with the atrisk family members or a fluctuating economy or trying to juggle work or simply adjusting to a new unfamiliar situation stress can easily pile up resulting into negativity malik saidhe said that in such times yoga plays a humongous role in the wellbeing of the practitioner yoga helps us relax unwind and destress it incorporates breathing techniques meditation asanas poses and kriyas designed to encourage relaxation and reduce stress he said adding yoga has also proved to be helpful in a number of health conditions tooon this day i urge all to adopt the practice of yoga and make it an integral part of ones life in this troubled time it is of utmost importance to protect the health of oneself and ones family he saidlet us all come together and celebrate the yoga day on june 21 and give ourselves the gift of wellbeing both physical and mental he saidgovernor said that human mind is ordinarily fickle and turned outward it is impetuous strong and obstinate it is very difficult to control mind as it is restless and accustomed to act on impulse mind can be controlled only by nonattachment and constant practiceyoga is an art to control train and discipline the wavering mind absorption in material side of life leads to disbalanced condition of consciousness yoga attempts to explore the inner world of consciousness and helps to harmonise us with our inner selves yoga helps us to discipline our minds and eliminate our prejudices and idiosyncrasies it helps in destruction of our false inflated egos and liberates us from all undue outwardly desires it ensures discipline which destroy all our sorrows malik said