Modi's yoga over the years - in pictures

  • India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs 'Anulom Vilom', or alternate nostril breathing - a yoga practice to improve focus, patience and control. Reuters
    India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs 'Anulom Vilom', or alternate nostril breathing - a yoga practice to improve focus, patience and control. Reuters
  • Mr Modi performs Hasta Uttanasana, or turning hands upwards pose, during a mass yoga session in Dehradun, in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, to mark International Yoga Day in 2018. Reuters
    Mr Modi performs Hasta Uttanasana, or turning hands upwards pose, during a mass yoga session in Dehradun, in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, to mark International Yoga Day in 2018. Reuters
  • Mr Modi, centre, whose government advocated for the UN to declare June 21 International Yoga Day in 2015, performs the Bhujangasana or cobra pose. Reuters
    Mr Modi, centre, whose government advocated for the UN to declare June 21 International Yoga Day in 2015, performs the Bhujangasana or cobra pose. Reuters
  • Mr Modi performs a modified Chakrasana, a heart-opening stretch said to help release sadness and depression. AFP
    Mr Modi performs a modified Chakrasana, a heart-opening stretch said to help release sadness and depression. AFP
  • Mr Modi assumes the Vakrasana position, the spinal twist pose, during a mass yoga event on International Yoga Day in Ranchi in eastern Jharkhand state in 2019. AFP
    Mr Modi assumes the Vakrasana position, the spinal twist pose, during a mass yoga event on International Yoga Day in Ranchi in eastern Jharkhand state in 2019. AFP
  • The Indian Prime Minister performs the Vajrasana, or diamond pose, in front of the Mysore Palace in Karnataka state last year. AFP
    The Indian Prime Minister performs the Vajrasana, or diamond pose, in front of the Mysore Palace in Karnataka state last year. AFP
  • Mr Modi participates in a yoga session on the grounds of the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday. EPA
    Mr Modi participates in a yoga session on the grounds of the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday. EPA