Pics: Parineeti, Malaika, Bipasha Celebrate International Yoga Day
Celebs bend and stretch on 5th World Yoga Day.
On the occasion of International Yoga Day on 21 June, Bollywood celebrities took to social media to celebrate and create awareness. The Bollywood industry has always been very pro fitness, with actors like Shilpa Shetty actively promoting the practice and debunking fitness-related myths.
Bollywood actors Bipasha Basu, Rakul Preet Singh, Shilpa Shetty, Vivek Oberoi, among others, took to social media to post photos of themselves bending and stretching on International Yoga Day. So did filmmaker Farhan Khan.
See their photos here:
Bipasha Basu quoted Sadhguru on her Instagram, “Happy #internationalyogaday
Loved what @sadhguru said- Yoga is not just about twisting and turning... it’s about existing in union with the rest of the creation.
Have a wonderful practice. Have a wonderful day”
Siddharth Malhotra tweeted a tongue-in-cheek photo of himself in which an illustrated version of him is stretching on a yoga mat. He also asked people to try the ‘sidaasan’.
“You guys must try the #SidAasan. Happy #InternationalDayofYoga #YogaDay2019”
Juhi Chawla wrote about her personal experience with Yoga and how it helped her calm down as a person.
“Today on World Yoga Day, I urge you to try one Asana!
Yoga has calmed me down as a person It helps you feel better, recharged & rejuvenated. Yoga's given me a certain kind of inner strength, certain self assurance from inside apart from the flexibility! I now adapt more easily to situations and find myself being able to work much better around them ”
Rakul Preet Singh posted a photo of herself doing a headstand and wrote about how Yoga has changed her life.
“Happy #InternationalDayofYoga yoga has changed my life and when I hang upside down my world is perfect !! #meditation #bloodrush #calm #internalhappiness”
Twinkle Khanna too shared her two pence on Twitter, “I don’t follow any Guru-just the principles of Yoga. Corruption is like rust, eventually creeps over even ironclad wills, which is why a book over a person perhaps”
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar shared a photo of his mother doing yoga post her knee surgery.
“Sharing something I’m extremely proud of...post her knee surgery at the age of 75, my mother started doing yoga and now it is part of daily routine, improving one day at a time🧘🏻♀️ #NeverTooLate#BreatheInBreatheOut#InternationalYogaDay”
“Do NOT try this at home!! She s a trained expert 😂#diva #worldyogaday#isthisevenpossible,” wrote Farah Khan while sharing a photo of her daughter.
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