UNITED NATIONS, Jun 21 (PTI): Yoga offers a time-tested path to live more peacefully at a time when stress and mental health challenges are on the rise, India’s envoy to the UN has said at a special guided meditation session here to mark International Yoga Day.

Eminent physician, author and wellness guru Deepak Chopra led the session at the UN headquarters hosted by the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations to mark the day on Friday evening.

Colourful yoga mats were neatly arranged at the North Lawns of the UN headquarters as over 1,200 yoga practitioners, diplomats, UN officials, members of the diplomatic corps and the diaspora community participated in the 11th International Yoga Day celebrations.