India’s Yoga 365 push
India has launched a ‘Yoga 365’ initiative with new protocols aimed at preventing and managing lifestyle diseases like diabetes, hypertension and asthma — signaling a national push to integrate yoga into public health. Separate LifeYoga sessions also ran recently to help 65 global scholars find calm amid high-stakes fellowships. ( )
Unveiled at Yoga Mahotsav–2026 on March 13, 2026, the Yoga 365 campaign launch at Vigyan Bhawan kicked off a formal 100‑day countdown to International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2026. (hindustantimes.com) The Ayush ministry released a series of 10 structured yoga‑protocol videos for non‑communicable diseases that were publicly presented by Union Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav. (youtube.com) Those modules were developed by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine (Yoga) — WHOCCIND 118 — located at the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY). (ndtv.com) Each disease‑specific protocol prescribes daily 30–60 minute routines combining asanas, pranayama, meditation and relaxation, with targeted sequences for conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, bronchial asthma and mental‑health support. (thehindu.com) As part of the rollout, MDNIY signed a Memorandum of Understanding with wellness platform Habuild to deliver free daily online yoga sessions, and the Mahotsav program framed a “100 days, 100 organisations, 100 cities” mobilisation. (hindustantimes.com) Separately, LifeYoga led sunrise Hatha and sound‑bath wellness sessions for the NXT Fellowship cohort of 65 scholars between March 7–14, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Manesar; the cohort represented 21 countries and 37 universities. (newsx.com) Government officials cited the rising non‑communicable‑disease burden — estimates that NCDs account for nearly two‑thirds of deaths in India — as the policy rationale for moving from episodic events to sustained, standardized yoga protocols. (ndtv.com)
