Indian army uses Yoga to keep fighting fit

Annually June 21 is celebrated as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly. Yoga, a physical, mental and spiritual practice having its origin over 6000 years ago in India, aims to integrate the body and the mind. The Indian Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences has been researching the science behind Yoga. Scientific studies are done on people performing yoga and the packages are used to train Indian soldiers work better in hostile environments from Hima (Photo by Pallava Bagla/Corbis via Getty Images)