YOGA FIRST YEAR : SAUDI UNIVERSITIES

In a first, Saudi Arabia introduces yoga at universities : It improves academic performance and achievement of students, the study reveals.

Saudi Arabia will introduce yoga in its universities in order to spread awareness and motivate its practice as a lifestyle for all segments of society, Saudi Gazette reported.

The Saudi Yoga Committee, in cooperation with the Saudi Universities Sports Federation [SUSF],organised a virtual introductory lecture for all university representatives across Saudi Arabia on yoga under the title '' Yoga for University Students of Both Genders'', the report stated.

The meeting, at the SSUF headquarters in the Ministry of Education, Riyadh, came within the framework of an integrated system of programmes and initiatives of the Saudi Committee for Yoga, in order to spread awareness and motivate its practice as a lifestyle for all segments of society.

The event coincided with the arrival of the first yoga delegation to the kingdom from the Asia Yogasana Sports Federation in India for the qualification course for the first Saudi batch of Yoga Referees.

The report said that the course is hosted by the Ministry of Sports in cooperation with the Saudi Yoga Committee to train Saudi yoga referees in the kingdom.

The lecture aims to introduce both traditional yoga and yogasana sports to Saudi universities and and give a variety of options to the students on university campuses to practice yoga, whether for their mental and physical health or take it to an advanced level and join professional yogasana sports training to be part of competitions locally and internationally.

The World Students Society thanks News Desk, The Express Tribune.