Embassy of India in Argentina and University Institute of the Argentine Federal Police (IUPFA) will be jointly conducting a workshop on Yoga with an aim to promote ancient practice as a tool to develop physical, mental and emotional well-being, incorporating discipline techniques for stress management. University Institute of the Argentine Federal Police students, faculty, graduates, and staff; students from School of Cadets and School of NCOs and Agents of the Argentine Federal Police can participate in this workshop, according to a statement from Union Ayush Ministry. In India a customized yoga package has been developed for army, air force and navy to tackle high altitude, hot desert and cold desert conditions and submarine and ship conditions. According to various research, it has been found that asanas and pranayams have enabled its application in combating stress in soldiers and promoting their psycho-physiological fitness, said statement. Though Yoga has been practiced in this part of globe for the last several years, yet in the last couple of years, interest in yoga and awareness in Indian culture has increased rapidly.
Earlier Yoga and meditation were also taught in some Latin American jails to calm down convicts, it added.
