12th International Yoga Day - Celebrating Holistic Health | Dr. Sodhi & Consul General Prakash Gupta

On June 21st 1.5 billion people around the world will practice yoga together. Most do not know how that came to be. In this 12th International Yoga Day special, Dr. Virender Sodhi is joined by Sri Prakash Gupta Ji — Consul General of India in Seattle — the diplomat who personally drafted the United Nations resolution that made International Yoga Day official. Within 90 days of the proposal, 177 countries signed on. It remains one of the most widely endorsed resolutions in UN history. But this conversation goes deeper than history. What does it actually mean to live disease-free? Why did ancient systems like Ayurveda and yoga know 5,000 years ago what modern science is only now beginning to validate? And what does it mean that the World Health Organization has formally recognized Ayurveda in ICD-11, while India has built 180,000 Ayushman Arogya wellness centres into its primary healthcare network? This episode explores the meeting point of ancient wisdom and modern science — and why, in the words of Consul General Prakash Gupta Ji, disease-free living is "where the world should be headed." In this conversation: — Why 177 countries reaching full consensus at the UN in 2014 was unprecedented — and what it says about where humanity is headed — How Charaka Samhita, written over 5,000 years ago, described what science is now calling the gut biome, epigenetics, and the mind-body connection — Why wellness should not be a project — and what it looks like when it becomes a way of life — The Ministry of AYUSH, its $460 million annual budget, and how Ayurveda is being integrated into grassroots primary healthcare across India — Why disease does not begin on the day of diagnosis — and how to start paying attention earlier The content in this episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider before making changes to your health routine. New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. #InternationalYogaDay #YogaDay2026 #DiseaseFreeLiving #Ayurveda #DrVirenderSodhi #DiseaseFreeSociety #YogaDay #AyurvedaAndYoga #MinistryOfAYUSH #NaturopathicMedicine #HolisticHealth #AncientWisdom #WellnessNotAProject #CharakaSamhita #YogaForHealth #IntegrativeMedicine #MindBodySoul #PreventiveHealth #YogaLifestyle #ConsulGeneralIndia