houston thousands of yoga enthusiasts in texas and adjoining us states are all set to roll out their mats to bend and twist their bodies in complex postures from the safety of their homes with acclaimed yoga guru baba ramdev on livestream to mark the international day of yoga on june 21 amidst the coronavirus pandemicthe twohour live programme from 10 am to 12 noon will commence with an opening ceremony and brief remarks by aseem r mahajan the consul general of india in houston followed by a yoga session with postures breathing techniques and meditation led by baba ramdev the indian consulate here saidthe consulate general of india cgi in houston brings the yoga day celebrations to cities across texas and its adjoining states of arkansas kansas louisiana oklahoma new mexico colorado and nebraska in collaboration with several supporting organisationsthe virtual session will be live streamed on the cgi houston facebook page facebookcomindiainhouston as well as the facebook page of india house facebookcomindiahousethis years international day of yoga themed yoga at home and yoga with family will be celebrated only on digital platforms in view of the coronavirus pandemic consul general mahajan told ptithe event highlights the intrinsic link between yoga and sustainability and the idea is to encourage people on how to stay active and healthy amidst this lockdown he saidsince the last five years people in texas have been celebrating the yoga day in mass gatherings at sprawling parks followed by throwing colour on another like in holi and dancing to the tunes of popular bollywood songshowever this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions on large public gatherings and the social distancing measures in place the decision to take the celebrations to every home though the digital platform has been lauded by the yoga enthusiastssan antonio in texas will celebrate the day on june 20 an allday yogathon with free yoga community classes will be streamed live throughout the daythe session will begin at 6 am in the morning and culminate with their flagship class at the rivercentre mall at 6 pm in evening all classes will be streamed live on the idy youtube channel located on their websiteidoyoga san antonio is raising usd 15000 for yoga teachers impacted by the pandemic the funds will be used to award grants of usd 500 each to 30 local teachers who make their living teaching yogarecalling swami ramdevs visit to india house houston in 2018 col vipin kumar executive director of india house expressed his delight that the yoga guru would again be visiting india house though virtuallyencouraging people to join yoga sessions in these turbulent times president of patanjali yogpeeth usa shekhar agrawal said these techniques are a powerful tool to help people tap into their inner calm as they deal with isolation anxiety and stress due to the pandemicevent coordinator sharad amin said this years yoday day will be dedicated to the corona warriors the heroic front liners and first responders who put