文档介绍：Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 10 (2019) 79e80
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Editorial
AyurYoga, the confluence of healing sciences: A call for global action
This year commemorates the celebration of the fifth annual In- dominated by physical movements and poses. Lamentably, Yoga
ternational Yoga Day (IYD). Since its inception on June 21, 2015, the also suffers from distortions into a plethora of versions and propri-
movement has been growing every year, attracting the participa- etary branding and variations that are in large part the result of
tion of an increasing number of people and nations. Indian Prime marketing goals. While the fundamental and valuable principles
Minister Shri Narendra Modi, who proposed the idea of an IYD, of Ayurveda are widely recognized, currently, on a global scale,
emphasized the importance of Yoga in attaining oneness with the the practice of Ayurveda is marginal, the exception being within
self, the world and nature. His landmark speech highlighted the the Indian subcontinent; even in India, the focus is m