Participants perform yoga at an event to celebrate the International Yoga Day, pictured from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Yoga enthusiasts bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures across India and much of the world on Sunday to mark the first International Yoga Day.
Several hundred yogis practice yoga during the 13th annual Solstice in Times Square event, Sunday, June 21, 2015, in New York. The event drew several thousand people to mark the summer solstice.
Kashmiri students perform yoga as they mark International Yoga Day in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Millions of yoga enthusiasts across the world bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures Sunday to mark International Yoga Day.
Ivan Stanley, a 41 year-old Indian man attempts to breaks the world’s record for holding a headstand during celebrations of World Yoga Day, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Stanley held the position for 61 minutes and registered his attempt with the Guinness World Records, which has yet to announce if he broke the record.
A Filipino yoga enthusiast performs a pose during the International Yoga Day inside a mall in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, June 21, 2015. Yoga enthusiasts bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures across India and much of the world on Sunday to mark the first International Yoga Day.
Israelis perform Yoga during the International Yoga Day in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Thousands of yoga enthusiasts took part in mass yoga programs to mark the first International Yoga Day throughout the world.
Indian army soldiers perform yoga at an army training area, in Chennai, India, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Millions of yoga enthusiasts across the world bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures Sunday to mark International Yoga Day.
Lebanese and foreign citizens perform yoga during an Acro yoga class to mark International Yoga Day, at Beirut Yoga Center, Lebanon, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Millions of yoga enthusiasts across the world bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures Sunday to mark International Yoga Day.
Chinese perform yoga at a hotel banquet hall to mark the International Yoga Day, in Changping District, on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Yoga enthusiasts bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures across India and much of the world on Sunday to mark the first International Yoga Day.
Thousands of people participate in a yoga exercise at Chulalongkorn University field, marking the International Day of Yoga in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, June 21, 2015. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a day dedicated to yoga when he addressed the annual United Nations General Assembly in September, 2014. A resolution in support, co-sponsored by a record 177 countries, was adopted by the Assembly on Dec. 11, 2014.
Taiwanese perform yoga poses at the start of International Yoga Day in Taipei, Taiwan, June 21, 2015. Equipped with yoga mats and humming the sounds of Om, over two thousand people in Taipei city performed the 108 rounds of the Sun Salutation Sunday marking the start of the International Yoga Day in a Taipei university’s soccer field.
A yogi stretches out on a mat during the 13th annual Solstice in Times Square event, Sunday, June 21, 2015, in New York. Several thousand yogis participated in the event to mark the summer solstice.
