As the city marks International Yoga Day today, June 21, it is time to watch how the globe practises the ancient and indigenous art of yoga. It is a moment of pride and it is stirring to see pictures of  practitioners across the globe—some of them yoga aficionados, others enthusiastic novices—doing their moves together as they pay homage to a discipline that gives one so much, mentally and physically.

In Mumbai, there are a number of celebrations. Many yoga classes and venues where yoga is taught must have done something extra special today. Certain sessions have been held in the open in parks and on the beach.