June 21 is being celebrated as International Yoga Day (I.Y.D) since last year. Spiritual head of Isha Foundation, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev will lead a yoga session at the United Nations (UN), on the occasion of the second International Yoga Day. A press release from this foundation has confirmed that the yoga session is scheduled to take place at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 20 and 21.

The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations is organizing a special event on ‘Yoga for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (S.D.Gs).’ Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev will be the lead speaker at the special event, along with a panel comprising of prominent personalities and guests. Senior UN officials as well as ambassadors and dignitaries from many countries are expected to participate in this event.

It was on December 11, 2014, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed June 21 as the International Yoga Day. The following year (2015), the first I.D.Y was observed.