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RIYADH:
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 Asian 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.