Importance of Yoga Since June 21, 2015, we have celebrated ‘International Yoga Day. Originated in ancient India, Yoga was 5000 years ago. That’s why the importance of yoga in India is very much. Word ‘yoga’ means ‘to unite’ with Universal consciousness. N. C. Paul published ‘Treatise on Yoga Philosophy’ in 1851. Swami Vivekanand re-introduced ‘Yoga