New Delhi: With the countdown to International Day of Yoga 2026 underway, the Union Ayush Ministry has launched Yoga 365, a nationwide campaign to shift from a one-day event to year-round engagement and daily habit-building. Yoga 365 aims to make yoga an essential part of citizens’ everyday lives. The initiative to integrate yoga into citizens’ daily routines was officially launched at Yoga Mahotsav-2026, signaling the 100-day countdown to the 2026 International Day of Yoga on March 21. At the Vigyan Bhawan event, the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga signed an MoU with the wellness platform Habuild to provide free daily online yoga sessions. “The Ministry of Ayush seeks to extend the essence of that single-day event, turning yoga into an everyday practice.” Union Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav stated, “This vision has materialized as Yoga 365, a nationwide initiative aimed at integrating yoga into the daily routines of citizens.” He added that while India boasts one of the highest levels of awareness regarding traditional wellness practices, the key hurdle is converting that awareness into regular habits. Citing the National Sample Survey, he noted that awareness of traditional systems like yoga is 95 percent in rural areas and 96 percent in urban areas. The NSS data also reveals that at least one family member practices yoga regularly in about 1.1 crore rural households and 1.4 crore urban households, he said. Jadhav emphasized, “Yoga 365 is designed to close this exact gap between awareness and actual practice.” Yoga is a potent practice that promotes mental clarity, physical well-being, and emotional equilibrium. “Through Yoga 365, our goal is to inspire individuals to make yoga a part of their everyday lives, turning wellness into a lifestyle rather than a sporadic pursuit.” The minister emphasized that although the worldwide IDY celebrations have effectively raised awareness, the upcoming phase focuses on integrating yoga into daily routines within communities, institutions, and workplaces. The Yoga 365 concept is straightforward yet bold, shifting from one-day events to fostering year-round commitment and habits. The initiative seeks to rally communities via intensive outreach efforts, drive behavioral shifts, and weave yoga into varied settings like schools, offices, local groups, and online platforms. The collaboration with Habuild marks the campaign’s inaugural major digital push. The platform will offer free daily online yoga sessions, providing guided practice accessible to people across various geographies and fitness levels, ministry officials said. Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, noted, “According to the NSS 79th Round, there is a massive untapped gap between the 96 percent of urban Indians who know our systems and the smaller fraction who practice them daily.” Yoga 365, together with the recently introduced yoga protocols for non-communicable diseases, aims to close this gap by rendering yoga more acce
