SlogansYoga and fitness slogans
The International Day of Yoga is on 21 June. These slogans encourage movement of any kind: yoga, a walk, a game in the evening.
English
Breathe in calm. Breathe out hurry.
A mat, a morning, a better day.
Stretch your body, steady your mind.
Move a little every day.
Fit children make a fit nation.
Play one hour. Smile all day.
Yoga: for every age, at every stage.
Your body is your first home. Keep it in repair.
Walk, and the day goes better.
Strong today, stronger tomorrow.
Ten minutes today is better than an hour never.
Breathe in. Breathe out. That is the start.
Move a little. Smile a lot.
One round of the park. Then see how you feel.
Play every evening. It still counts as exercise.
Five slow breaths before the first class.
हिन्दी
योग अपनाओ, तन मन स्वस्थ बनाओ।
रोज़ सुबह थोड़ा योग, दूर रहेंगे सारे रोग।
खेलो कूदो, स्वस्थ रहो।
मोबाइल कम, मैदान ज़्यादा।
सुबह की ताज़ी हवा, सबसे सस्ती दवा।
थोड़ा चलना रोज़, यही सेहत की खोज।
योग से जुड़ो, खुद से जुड़ो।
दस मिनट रोज़ निकालो, तन मन दोनों सँभालो।
पार्क का एक चक्कर, दिन भर की ताज़गी।
साँस लो, साँस छोड़ो, यहीं से शुरुआत करो।
शाम को खेलो ज़रूर, सुस्ती हो जाए दूर।
दादा, पोता, साथ चलें, सेहत के रास्ते साथ चलें।
In common use (not written by us)
Less screen, more green.
करो योग, रहो निरोग।
स्वस्थ शरीर में ही स्वस्थ मन बसता है।
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Where these slogans are used
Yoga Day banners and group practice at school, sports room walls, morning walkers' groups, society parks, and the class fitness chart. They also make good captions for a group photograph taken after the practice.
Write your own
Fitness slogans go wrong when they shout. "No pain, no gain" has put more people off exercise than it has ever brought in. Write for the person who has not started. Make the first step sound small: ten minutes, one round of the park, five breaths. Use words of ease, such as breathe, stretch, walk, play and smile, in place of words of punishment.
- English pairs: stretch and fetch, fit and sit, breath and rest, walk and talk, move and improve.
- Hindi pairs: योग and निरोग, सैर and ख़ैर, तन and मन, चलो and खिलो, साँस and आस.
Keep it honest
A slogan may encourage movement. It must not promise to cure illness, reduce weight by a certain amount or replace a doctor's advice. Yoga postures are best learnt from a trained teacher, and anyone with a health condition should ask a doctor before starting. A line at the bottom of the banner saying so is a sign of a responsible organiser.
Ideas for the day
- Let each class invent a three-word cheer for the end of practice.
- Hold a "walk and talk" period: one round of the ground with a friend, no phones.
- Ask grandparents to join for ten minutes. A slogan about three generations stretching together writes itself.
Using these slogans
- For a class banner, pick a slogan the whole class can say together in one breath.