Army officers and their trusty hounds perform amazing synchronised yoga display in India

Now that’s downward dog! Army officers and their trusty hounds perform amazing synchronised yoga display in India

  • Army service dogs take part in a yoga session in India for International Yoga Day
  • The adorable pooches lined up on the red carpet opposite the Army officers 
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took part in a mass yoga session

Service dogs and their owners serving in the Indian National Army took time out on International Yoga Day to literally perform the downward dog.

The adorable pooches lined up on the red carpet opposite the Army officers in a yoga session in India’s northern state of Punjab.

Elsewhere, Indian Prime Minister Modi took part in a mass yoga session for Yoga Day, which is observed on the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere. 

Service dogs and their owners serving in the Indian National Army took time out on International Yoga Day. Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice originating in India

Yoga Day was adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly in 2014 and first took place in 2015.

Prime Minister Modi performed sun salutations and other flexible feats in a mass early-morning session with an estimated 30,000 other devotees that was live-streamed on the media-savvy premier’s Twitter feed to his 48 million followers. 

Modi this year took to business networking website LinkedIn to extol yoga as a ‘panacea’ for stress and even hate.

Yoga Day, observed mostly in India but also worldwide on the Northern Hemisphere's longest day, was the idea of Indian Prime Minister Modi, pictured yesterday during a mass yoga event

Yoga Day, observed mostly in India but also worldwide on the Northern Hemisphere’s longest day, was the idea of Indian Prime Minister Modi, pictured yesterday during a mass yoga event

‘In a world where ideologies of hate can potentially divide brother from brother, Yoga stands as a unifying force,’ Modi wrote.

‘In a time where health ailments, especially stress-related ailments are rising, Yoga is giving relief and joy.’ 

In recent days Modi, 68, has also posted videos to social media featuring an animated version of himself performing different yoga postures.

Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice originating in India. 

The word derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolising the union of body and consciousness, the UN’s official Yoga Day webpage says.

It has boomed in recent decades, with millions – perhaps up to 300 million – practising it regularly, although in the West it is often more of a physical than a spiritual activity. 

The adorable pooches lined up on the red carpet opposite the Army officers in a yoga session in India's northern state of Punjab. Both officers and the pooches are pictured doing... the downward dog

The adorable pooches lined up on the red carpet opposite the Army officers in a yoga session in India’s northern state of Punjab. Both officers and the pooches are pictured doing… the downward dog

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