The World Health Organization (WHO) launched mYoga this week, a free app that guides users through video-guided yoga sessions. The tool offers modules for learning asanas, instructions in the six languages of the United Nations (Portuguese is not included) and a library of postures, as well as sessions that range from three to forty-five minutes of practice.
The app is developed in conjunction with the International Telecommunications Union and the initiative BeHe@lthy, BeMobile, which develops electronic products for the promotion of digital health. The postures reproduced in mYoga were recorded and guided by the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, in conjunction with the WHO's integrative medicine unit.
This yoga app is not the first of the WHO's utilities aimed at helping the world's population during the pandemic. Months ago, the institution launched a chatbot on WhatsApp with information about Covid-19 vaccines, to help combat fake news. The same organization launched, in March of last year, a app to help with prevention to the coronavirus.
Measure is part of the WHO's action plan to combat sedentary lifestyle
Compliant the WHO announcement, the app is part of the institution's Global Action Plan for Physical Activity, which, from 2018 to 2030, will implement continuous measures to combat sedentarism. The organization estimates that the routine practice of yoga is a valuable tool for promoting health through physical exercise — which, in the case of adults, is a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate activity per week.
Since the organization's focus is to reach as many users as possible, mYoga does not have very demanding requirements. The WHO yoga app requires a minimum of 42 MB of storage space and Android version 5.0 or iOS version 10.0. Interested parties can find the app at Google Play ou na App Store.
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