Bill Text: IL HR0606 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends HSS for organizing its annual Health for Humanity Yogathon.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-02-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0606 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0606-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Yoga is an ancient Hindu practice developed | ||||||
3 | thousands of years ago in the Indian subcontinent for | ||||||
4 | maintaining spiritual, mental, and physical wellbeing; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Surya Namaskar, or Sun Salutation, is a | ||||||
6 | traditional yogic practice combining a sequence of postures | ||||||
7 | with breathing exercises; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) is a nonprofit | ||||||
9 | charitable organization with over 252 branches in 171 cities | ||||||
10 | and 34 states, including nine branches in the State of | ||||||
11 | Illinois through which it conducts a Hindu values education | ||||||
12 | program and community service activities such as highway clean | ||||||
13 | up, an annual health for humanity yogathon, and food drives | ||||||
14 | and provides hot meals to shelters in several cities across | ||||||
15 | the state; and
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16 | WHEREAS, HSS is organizing its annual Health for Humanity | ||||||
17 | Yogathon with the goal of having 4000 individual participants | ||||||
18 | cumulatively complete 52,000 repetitions of Surya Namaskar to | ||||||
19 | promote the spiritual, mental, and physical wellbeing of all | ||||||
20 | members of the community; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Yoga enthusiasts, yoga studios, local schools, |
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1 | and other community organizations are participating in the HSS | ||||||
2 | Health for Humanity Yogathon; therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
4 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
5 | we commend Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh for organizing its annual | ||||||
6 | Health for Humanity Yogathon to promote the spiritual, mental, | ||||||
7 | and physical wellbeing of all members of the community; and be | ||||||
8 | it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to HSS as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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